The control of short-term ice mélange weakening episodes on calving activity at major Greenland outlet glaciers

• Main Authors: Wehrlé, Adrien, Lüthi, Martin P, Vieli, Andreas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Earth-Surface Processes; Water Science and Technology; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Kujalleq; glacier; greenlandic; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Kangia; Sea ice; Sermeq Kujalleq; The Cryosphere; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/231210/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/231210/1/ZORA_tc_17_309_2023.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-231210; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-309-2023

The dense mixture of iceberg of various sizes and sea ice observed in many of Greenland's fjords, called ice mélange (sikussak in Greenlandic), has been shown to have a significant impact on the dynamics of several Greenland tidewater glaciers, mainly through the seasonal support it provides to...