Multi-method observation and analysis of a tsunami caused by glacier calving

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. P. Lüthi, A. Vieli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: geo; envir; Eqip Sermia; Greenland; glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-995-2016; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/995/2016/tc-10-995-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/5db161e3b2344ea49a3183095d443a3a

Glacier calving can cause violent tsunami waves which, upon landfall, can cause severe destruction. Here we present data acquired during a calving event from Eqip Sermia, an ocean-terminating glacier in west Greenland. During an exceptionally well-documented event, the collapse of 9 × 105 m3 ice fro...