Modelling the instantaneous response of glaciers after the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: De Rydt, J., Gudmundsson, G.H., Rott, H., Bamber, J.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Scar Inlet; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510979/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510979/1/Rydt_et_al-2015-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf

Following the disintegration of the Larsen B Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula, in 2002, regular surveillance of its ~20 tributary glaciers has revealed a response which is varied and complex in both space and time. The major outlets have accelerated and thinned, smaller glaciers have shown little or n...