On the evolution of an ice shelf melt channel at the base of Filchner Ice Shelf, from observations and viscoelastic modeling

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Humbert, Angelika, Christmann, Julia, Corr, Hugh F.J., Helm, Veit, Höyns, Lea-Sophie, Hofstede, Coen, Müller, Ralf, Neckel, Niklas, Nicholls, Keith W., Schultz, Timm, Steinhage, Daniel, Wolovick, Michael, Zeising, Ole
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Gesellschaft MBH 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533483/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533483/1/tc-16-4107-2022.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4107-2022

Ice shelves play a key role in the stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet due to their buttressing effect. A loss of buttressing as a result of increased basal melting or ice shelf disintegration will lead to increased ice discharge. Some ice shelves exhibit channels at the base that are not yet fully...