Oceanic heat flux, on-shelf flow and basal melting of the Totten Glacier, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Gwyther, DE, Galton-Fenzi, B, Hunter, JR, Roberts, Jason
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Australian Antarctic Division and Antarctica New Zealand 2013
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Totten Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/90793

The Totten glacier and ice stream drains a large proportion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, much of it grounded below sea level and susceptible to rapid mass loss. Increased basal melting reduces the buttressing effect of the ice shelf, leading to accelerated glacial flow and thinning. The state of the...