Buoyancy-driven lacustrine calving, Glaciar Nef, Chilean Patagonia

• Main Authors: Warren, Charles Raymond, Benn, DI, Winchester, V, Harrison, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: INTERFEROMETRIC RADAR OBSERVATIONS; COOK NATIONAL-PARK; SOUTHERN PATAGONIA; NEW-ZEALAND; TIDEWATER GLACIER; COLUMBIA GLACIER; SAN-RAFAEL; ICEFIELD; ALASKA; ICE; Hielo; New Zealand; Patagonia; glacier; glaciers; Journal of Glaciology; Tidewater; Alaska
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/buoyancydriven-lacustrine-calving-glaciar-nef-chilean-patagonia(8eeaced2-bf4c-43f2-bb5a-4bf37d8d8263).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034857168&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Glaciar Nef, a 164 km(2) eastern outlet of Hielo Patagonico Norte (the northern Patagonia icefield), terminates in a proglacial lake that has formed in conjunction with 20th-century glacier retreat. The terminus is inferred to be transiently afloat. A hinge-calving mechanism is proposed in which buo...