Grounding and calving cycle of Mertz Ice Tongue revealed by shallow Mertz Bank

A recent study, using remote sensing, provided evidence that a seafloor shoal influenced the 2010 calving event of the Mertz Ice Tongue (MIT), by partially grounding the MIT several years earlier. In this paper, we start by proposing a method to calculate firn air content (FAC) around Mertz from...

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Main Authors: X. Wang, D. M. Holland, X. Cheng, P. Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-09-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/2043/2016/tc-10-2043-2016.pdf