Coupled ice shelf-ocean modeling and complex grounding line retreat from a seabed ridge

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: de Rydt, Jan, Gudmundsson, Hilmar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2016
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34666/; https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JF003791

Recent observations and modeling work have shown a complex mechanical coupling between Antarctica's floating ice shelves and the adjacent grounded ice sheet. A prime example is Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, which has a strong negative mass balance caused by a recent increase in ocean-in...