Subglacial bathymetry and sediment distribution beneath Pine Island Glacier ice shelf modeled using aerogravity and in situ geophysical data: new results

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Muto, A, Peters, LE, Gohl, K, Sasgen, I, Alley, RB, Anandakrishnan, S, Riverman, KL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pine Island Glacier; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.037; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/104293

Pine Island Glacier (PIG) in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is losing mass and contributing to global sea-level rise at an accelerating rate. Although recent observations and modeling have identified the incursion of relatively warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) beneat...