Modelling the impact of submarine frontal melting and ice mélange on glacier dynamics

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. Krug, G. Durand, O. Gagliardini, J. Weiss
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: geo; envir; Line Glacier; The Cryosphere; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-989-2015; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/989/2015/tc-9-989-2015.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/1b55411ef3fa4f9e9ea335c578111e37

Submarine melting of the calving face of tidewater glaciers and the mechanical back force applied by the ice mélange layer are two mechanisms generally proposed to explain seasonal variations at the calving front of tidewater glaciers. However, the way these processes affect the calving rate and gla...