Basal melting, roughness and structural integrity of ice shelves

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Author: Larter, Robert D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Watkins; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531911/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531911/1/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202022%20-%20Larter%20-%20Basal%20Melting%20Roughness%20and%20Structural%20Integrity%20of%20Ice%20Shelves.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2021GL097421

Ice shelves restrict outflow from many of the largest glaciers in Antarctica, thus limiting the Antarctic contribution to sea-level rise. However, past ice-shelf collapse events show they are highly vulnerable to surface and basal melting. Collapse of ice shelves in front of glaciers flowing on retr...