Thwaites Glacier grounding-line retreat: influence of width and buttressing parameterizations

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Docquier, David, Pollard, David, Pattyn, Frank
• Other Authors: Université Libre de Bruxelles - Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Pennsylvania State University - Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2014
• Subjects: glacier flow; ice dynamics; ice-sheet modeling; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078/167215; https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J117

Major ice loss has recently been observed along coastal outlet glaciers of the West Antarctic ice sheet, mainly due to increased melting below the ice shelves. However, the behavior of this marine ice sheet is poorly understood, leading to significant shortcomings in ice-sheet models attempting to p...