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Research article
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09 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 09 Nov 2017
Ice shelf fracture parameterization in an ice sheet model
Sainan Sun
Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, 100082, Beijing, China
Stephen L. Cornford
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
John C. Moore
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, 96101, Finland
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, 100082, Beijing, China
Rupert Gladstone
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, 96101, Finland
Liyun Zhao
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, 100082, Beijing, China
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- Rapid fragmentation of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf D. Benn et al.
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- Glacier damage evolution over ice flow timescales M. Ranganathan et al.
- Structures and Deformation in Glaciers and Ice Sheets S. Jennings & M. Hambrey
- The ice dynamic and melting response of Pine Island Ice Shelf to calving A. Bradley et al.
- The Influence of Pine Island Ice Shelf Calving on Basal Melting A. Bradley et al.
- Episodic dynamic change linked to damage on the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue T. Surawy-Stepney et al.
- A Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method for Shallow Ice Shelves. 1: Shallow Shelf Approximation and Ice Thickness Evolution A. Huth et al.
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- Fracture criteria and tensile strength for natural glacier ice calibrated from remote sensing observations of Antarctic ice shelves S. Wells-Moran et al.
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- The influence of firn layer material properties on surface crevasse propagation in glaciers and ice shelves T. Clayton et al.
- Marginal Detachment Zones: The Fracture Factories of Ice Shelves? C. Miele et al.
- Drivers of Pine Island Glacier speed-up between 1996 and 2016 J. De Rydt et al.
- Dynamic response of Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet to potential collapse of Larsen C and George VI ice shelves C. Schannwell et al.
- Damage development on Antarctic ice shelves sensitive to climate warming M. Izeboud et al.
- SERMeQ Model Produces a Realistic Upper Bound on Calving Retreat for 155 Greenland Outlet Glaciers L. Ultee & J. Bassis
- The uncertain future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet F. Pattyn & M. Morlighem
- Simulating ice-shelf extent using damage mechanics S. Kachuck et al.
- Using observations of surface fracture to address ill-posed ice softness estimation over Pine Island Glacier T. Surawy-Stepney et al.
- Damage accelerates ice shelf instability and mass loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment S. Lhermitte et al.
- Quantifying temperature-sliding inconsistency in thermomechanical coupling: a comparative analysis of geothermal heat flux datasets at Totten Glacier J. Wang et al.
- Damage detection on antarctic ice shelves using the normalised radon transform M. Izeboud & S. Lhermitte
- Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate J. Bassis et al.
- Comprehensive assessment of stress calculations for crevasse depths and testing with crevasse penetration as damage B. Reynolds et al.
- Modelling Antarctic ice shelf basal melt patterns using the one-layer Antarctic model for dynamical downscaling of ice–ocean exchanges (LADDIE v1.0) E. Lambert et al.
- Brief communication: Tides and damage as drivers of lake drainages on Shackleton Ice Shelf J. Sommer et al.
- Analysis of continuous calving front retreat and the associated influencing factors of the Thwaites Glacier using high-resolution remote sensing data from 2015 to 2023 Q. Zhu et al.
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Short summary
The buttressing effect of the floating ice shelves is diminished by the fracture process. We developed a continuum damage mechanics model component of the ice sheet model to simulate the process. The model is tested on an ideal marine ice sheet geometry. We find that behavior of the simulated marine ice sheet is sensitive to fracture processes on the ice shelf, and the stiffness of ice around the grounding line is essential to ice sheet evolution.
The buttressing effect of the floating ice shelves is diminished by the fracture process. We...
