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Articles | Volume 12, issue 10
Articles | Volume 12, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3123-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3123-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 10
Research article
 | 
02 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 02 Oct 2018

Velocity increases at Cook Glacier, East Antarctica, linked to ice shelf loss and a subglacial flood event

Bertie W. J. Miles, Chris R. Stokes, and Stewart S. R. Jamieson

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3123-2018-supplement

Data sets

A new digital bathymetric model of the world's oceans P. Weatherall, K. M. Marks, M. Jakobsson, T. Schmitt, S. Tani, J. E. Arndt, M. Rovere, D. Chayes, V. Ferrini, and R. Wigley https://doi.org/10.1002/2015EA000107

The SCAR READER Project: Toward a High-Quality Database of Mean Antarctic Meteorological Observations J. Turner, S. R. Colwell, G. J. Marshall, T. A. Lachlan-Cope, A. M. Carleton, P. D. Jones, V. Lagun, P. A. Reid, and S. Iagovkina https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2890:TSRPTA>2.0.CO;2

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Short summary
Cook Glacier, as one of the largest in East Antarctica, may have made significant contributions to sea level during past warm periods. However, despite its potential importance there have been no long-term observations of its velocity. Here, through estimating velocity and ice front position from satellite imagery and aerial photography we show that there have been large previously undocumented changes in the velocity of Cook Glacier in response to ice shelf loss and a subglacial drainage event.
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