Rapid formation of an ice doline on Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Warner, RC, Fricker, HA, Adusumilli, S, Arndt, P, Kingslake, J, Spergel, JJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2021
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical geography and environmental geoscience; Glaciology; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091095; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/151694

Surface meltwater accumulating on Antarctic ice shelves can drive fractures through to the ocean and potentially cause their collapse, leading to increased ice discharge from the continent. Implications of increasing surface melt for future ice shelf stability are inadequately understood. The southe...