Changes in ice-shelf buttressing following the collapse of Larsen A Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and the resulting impact on tributaries

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Royston, Sam, Gudmundsson, Hilmar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2016
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drygalski; Drygalski Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34652/; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.77; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34652/1/Royston,%20Gudmundsson%20-%20Changes%20in%20ice-shelf%20buttressing%20following%20the%20collapse%20of%20Larsen%20A%20Ice%20Shelf%20OA.pdf

The dominant mass-loss process on the Antarctic Peninsula has been ice-shelf collapse, including the Larsen A Ice Shelf in early 1995. Following this collapse, there was rapid speed up and thinning of its tributary glaciers. We model the impact of this ice-shelf collapse on upstream tributaries, and...