Rapid Iceberg Calving Following Removal of Tightly Packed Pro-Glacial Mélange at Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

• Main Authors: Xie, Surui, Dixon, Timothy H., Holland, David M., Voytenko, Denis, Vaňková, Irena
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2018
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; glacier; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/2062; https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/443573

Iceberg calving is a major contributor to Greenland’s ice mass loss and to sea level rise. Pro-glacial mélange (compressed ice fragments) may be tightly packed in the long, narrow fjords that front many marine-terminating glaciers and can reduce calving by buttressing. The effect is important for mo...