Direct measurements of ice-shelf flexure caused by surface meltwater ponding and drainage

• Main Authors: Banwell, Alison, Willis, Ian C, Macdonald, Grant, Goodsell, Becky, MacAyeal, Doug R
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: CU Scholar 2019
• Subjects: Glaciology; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://scholar.colorado.edu/libr_oafund/102; https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=libr_oafund

Global sea-level rise is caused, in part, by more rapid ice discharge from Antarctica, following the removal of the restraining forces of floating ice-shelves after their break-up. A trigger of ice-shelf break-up is thought to be stress variations associated with surface meltwater ponding and draina...