Geometric controls of tidewater glacier dynamics

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Frank, Thomas, Åkesson, Henning, Fleurian, Basile de, Morlighem, M., Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Jakobshavn Isbræ; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; The Cryosphere; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2984317; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-581-2022

Retreat of marine outlet glaciers often initiates depletion of inland ice through dynamic adjustments of the upstream glacier. The local topography of a fjord may promote or inhibit such retreat, and therefore fjord geometry constitutes a critical control on ice sheet mass balance. To quantify the p...