Numerical Modeling Shows Increased Fracturing Due to Melt-Undercutting Prior to Major Calving at Bowdoin Glacier

Numerical Modeling Shows Increased Fracturing Due to Melt-Undercutting Prior to Major Calving at Bowdoin Glacier

Projections of future ice sheet mass loss and thus sea level rise rely on the parametrization of iceberg calving in ice sheet models. The interconnection between submarine melt-induced undercutting and calving is still poorly understood, which makes predicted contributions of tidewater glaciers to s...

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Main Authors: Eef C. H. van Dongen, Jan A. Åström, Guillaume Jouvet, Joe Todd, Douglas I. Benn, Martin Funk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
glacier modeling
iceberg calving
numerical modeling
submarine melt
undercutting
crevasses
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00253/full

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