Changes in ice-shelf buttressing following the collapse of Larsen A Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and the resulting impact on tributaries

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Royston, Samantha, Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Journals 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drygalski; Drygalski Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514087/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514087/1/changes-in-ice-shelf-buttressing-following-the-collapse-of-larsen-a-ice-shelf-antarctica-and-the-resulting-impact-on-tributaries.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.77

The dominant mass-loss process on the Antarctic Peninsula has been ice-shelf collapse, including the Larsen A Ice Shelf in early 1995. Following this collapse, there was rapid speed up and thinning of its tributary glaciers. We model the impact of this ice-shelf collapse on upstream tributaries, and...