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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2039-2018
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Research article
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15 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 15 Jun 2018
| 15 Jun 2018
Bathymetric controls on calving processes at Pine Island Glacier
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Robert D. Larter
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Peter Friedl
German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Wessling, Germany
Karsten Gohl
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Kathrin Höppner
German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Wessling, Germany
the Science Team of Expedition PS104
A full list of authors and their affiliations appears at the end of
the paper.
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Latest update: 13 Aug 2025
Short summary
The calving line location of the Pine Island Glacier did not show any trend within the last 70 years until calving in 2015 led to unprecedented retreat. In February 2017 we accessed this previously ice-shelf-covered area with RV Polarstern and mapped the sea-floor topography for the first time. Satellite imagery of the last decades show how the newly mapped shoals affected the ice shelf development and highlights that sea-floor topography is an important factor in initiating calving events.
The calving line location of the Pine Island Glacier did not show any trend within the last 70...
