Contrasting hydrological controls on bed properties during the acceleration of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Bougamont, MH, Christoffersen, Poul, Nias, Isabel, Vaughan, DG, Smith, AM, Brisbourne, Alex
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2019
• Subjects: Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288564; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.35847

In the Amundsen sector of West Antarctica, the flow of glaciers accelerates when intrusion of warm ocean water onto the continental shelf induces strong melting beneath ice shelves and thinning near the glacier’s grounding lines. Projecting the future of these glaciers is, however, hindered by a poo...