Recent acceleration of Denman Glacier (1972–2017), East Antarctica, driven by grounding line retreat and changes in ice tongue configuration

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Miles, Bertie W. J., Jordan, Jim, Stokes, Chris R., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Gudmundsson, Hilmar, Jenkins, Adrian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Coperincus 2021
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Denman Glacier; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/46022/; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-663-2021; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/46022/1/tc_15_663_2021.pdf

After Totten, Denman Glacier is the largest contributor to sea level rise in East Antarctica. Denman's catchment contains an ice volume equivalent to 1.5 m of global sea level and sits in the Aurora Subglacial Basin (ASB). Geological evidence of this basin's sensitivity to past warm period...