Glacier dynamics, ice mass unloading and bedrock response in the southern Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Author: Zhao, C
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Wordie Ice Shelf - Fleming Glacier; Antarctic Peninsula; ice mass loss; glacial isostatic adjustment; upper mantle viscosity; Elmer/Ice; inverse modelling; basal shear stress; Antarctic; Fleming Glacier; Glacier Point; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; The Antarctic; Wordie; Wordie Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/29665/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/29665/1/Zhao_whole_thesis.pdf

Rapid regional warming in the Antarctic Peninsula led to significant retreat and eventual collapse of several major ice shelves since the 1970s, followed by the subsequent acceleration and thinning of their feeding glaciers. The Wordie Ice Shelf, lying off the west coast of the southern Antarctic Pe...