Simultaneous disintegration of outlet glaciers in Porpoise Bay (Wilkes Land), East Antarctica, driven by sea ice break-up

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: B. W. J. Miles, C. R. Stokes, S. S. R. Jamieson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Asar; Buttress; East Antarctica; Porpoise Bay; The Antarctic; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-427-2017; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/427/2017/tc-11-427-2017.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/f4e74b87ce794560927864e063cd77e2

The floating ice shelves and glacier tongues which fringe the Antarctic continent are important because they help buttress ice flow from the ice sheet interior. Dynamic feedbacks associated with glacier calving have the potential to reduce buttressing and subsequently increase ice flow into the ocea...