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: A. Humbert, J. Christmann, H. F. J. Corr, V. Helm, L.-S. Höyns, C. Hofstede, R. Müller, N. Neckel, K. W. Nicholls, T. Schultz, D. Steinhage, M. Wolovick, O. Zeising
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: envir; geo; Antarctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4107-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/4107/2022/tc-16-4107-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/5dfe9d0c25354de0a1e909df18e69804

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...