Lateral meltwater transfer across an Antarctic ice shelf

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: R. Dell, N. Arnold, I. Willis, A. Banwell, A. Williamson, H. Pritchard, A. Orr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Nivlisen; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2313-2020; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/2313/2020/tc-14-2313-2020.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/6bbce3976af8467fb67250b17c704676

Surface meltwater on ice shelves can exist as slush, it can pond in lakes or crevasses, or it can flow in surface streams and rivers. The collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in 2002 has been attributed to the sudden drainage of ∼3000 surface lakes and has highlighted the potential for surface water t...