Glacier geometry and flow speed determine how Arctic marine-terminating glaciers respond to lubricated beds

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Author: W. Zheng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Austfonna; Greenland; Svalbard; glacier; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1431-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/1431/2022/tc-16-1431-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/5b27d1d942ef46db94a952d0e3325948

Basal conditions directly control the glacier sliding rate and the dynamic discharge of ice. Recent glacier destabilization events indicate that some marine-terminating glaciers quickly respond to lubricated beds with increased flow speed, but the underlying physics, especially how this vulnerabilit...