The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution
The weakening and/or removal of floating ice shelves in Antarctica can induce inland ice flow acceleration. Numerical modelling suggests these processes will play an important role in Antarctica's future sea-level contribution, but our understanding of the mechanisms that lead to ice tongue/she...
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ftunivdurham:oai:dro.dur.ac.uk.OAI2:33062 2023-05-15T13:37:59+02:00 The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution Arthur, Jennifer F. Stokes, Chris R. Jamieson, Stewart S. R. Miles, Bertie W. J. Carr, J. Rachel Leeson, Amber A. 2021-10 application/pdf http://dro.dur.ac.uk/33062/ http://dro.dur.ac.uk/33062/1/33062.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.45 unknown Cambridge University Press dro:33062 issn:0022-1430 issn: 1727-5652 doi:10.1017/jog.2021.45 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/33062/ https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.45 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/33062/1/33062.pdf This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited Copyright © The Author(s) 2021 CC-BY Journal of Glaciology, 2021, Vol.67(265), pp.933-951 [Peer Reviewed Journal] Article PeerReviewed 2021 ftunivdurham https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.45 2021-09-30T22:23:08Z The weakening and/or removal of floating ice shelves in Antarctica can induce inland ice flow acceleration. Numerical modelling suggests these processes will play an important role in Antarctica's future sea-level contribution, but our understanding of the mechanisms that lead to ice tongue/shelf collapse is incomplete and largely based on observations from the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica. Here, we use remote sensing of structural glaciology and ice velocity from 2001 to 2020 and analyse potential ocean-climate forcings to identify mechanisms that triggered the rapid disintegration of ~2445 km2 of ice mélange and part of the Voyeykov Ice Shelf in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica between 27 March and 28 May 2007. Results show disaggregation was pre-conditioned by weakening of the ice tongue's structural integrity and was triggered by mélange removal driven by a regional atmospheric circulation anomaly and a less extensive latent-heat polynya. Disaggregation did not induce inland ice flow acceleration, but our observations highlight an important mechanism through which floating termini can be removed, whereby the break-out of mélange and multiyear landfast sea ice triggers disaggregation of a structurally-weak ice shelf. These observations highlight the need for numerical ice-sheet models to account for interactions between sea-ice, mélange and ice shelves. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Journal of Glaciology Sea ice Voyeykov Ice Shelf West Antarctica Wilkes Land Durham University: Durham Research Online Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula East Antarctica The Antarctic Voyeykov Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(124.633,124.633,-66.333,-66.333) West Antarctica Wilkes Land ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) Journal of Glaciology 1 19 |
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The weakening and/or removal of floating ice shelves in Antarctica can induce inland ice flow acceleration. Numerical modelling suggests these processes will play an important role in Antarctica's future sea-level contribution, but our understanding of the mechanisms that lead to ice tongue/shelf collapse is incomplete and largely based on observations from the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica. Here, we use remote sensing of structural glaciology and ice velocity from 2001 to 2020 and analyse potential ocean-climate forcings to identify mechanisms that triggered the rapid disintegration of ~2445 km2 of ice mélange and part of the Voyeykov Ice Shelf in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica between 27 March and 28 May 2007. Results show disaggregation was pre-conditioned by weakening of the ice tongue's structural integrity and was triggered by mélange removal driven by a regional atmospheric circulation anomaly and a less extensive latent-heat polynya. Disaggregation did not induce inland ice flow acceleration, but our observations highlight an important mechanism through which floating termini can be removed, whereby the break-out of mélange and multiyear landfast sea ice triggers disaggregation of a structurally-weak ice shelf. These observations highlight the need for numerical ice-sheet models to account for interactions between sea-ice, mélange and ice shelves. |
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Arthur, Jennifer F. Stokes, Chris R. Jamieson, Stewart S. R. Miles, Bertie W. J. Carr, J. Rachel Leeson, Amber A. |
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Arthur, Jennifer F. Stokes, Chris R. Jamieson, Stewart S. R. Miles, Bertie W. J. Carr, J. Rachel Leeson, Amber A. The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution |
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Arthur, Jennifer F. Stokes, Chris R. Jamieson, Stewart S. R. Miles, Bertie W. J. Carr, J. Rachel Leeson, Amber A. |
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Arthur, Jennifer F. |
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The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution |
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The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution |
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The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution |
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The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution |
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The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution |
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triggers of the disaggregation of voyeykov ice shelf (2007), wilkes land, east antarctica, and its subsequent evolution |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Journal of Glaciology Sea ice Voyeykov Ice Shelf West Antarctica Wilkes Land |
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Journal of Glaciology, 2021, Vol.67(265), pp.933-951 [Peer Reviewed Journal] |
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited Copyright © The Author(s) 2021 |
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