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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4121-2020
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Research article
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18 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 18 Nov 2020
| 18 Nov 2020
Sharp contrasts in observed and modeled crevasse patterns at Greenland's marine terminating glaciers
Ellyn M. Enderlin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID
83725, USA
Timothy C. Bartholomaus
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
83844, USA
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- Observed positive feedback between surface ablation and crevasse formation drives glacier acceleration and potential surge U. Nanni et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66349-9
- Mechanical Properties of Freshwater Ice I. Baker & A. Ogunmolasuyi https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05171
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- Damage detection on antarctic ice shelves using the normalised radon transform M. Izeboud & S. Lhermitte https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113359
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- A poro-damage phase field model for hydrofracturing of glacier crevasses X. Sun et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2021.101277
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- The influence of firn layer material properties on surface crevasse propagation in glaciers and ice shelves T. Clayton et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5573-2024
- Ice shelf calving due to shear stresses: observing the response of Brunt Ice Shelf and Halloween Crack to iceberg calving using ICESat-2 laser altimetry, satellite imagery, and ice flow models A. Morris et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-4303-2025
- Marginal Detachment Zones: The Fracture Factories of Ice Shelves? C. Miele et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006959
- A Framework for Characterizing 3-D Structures of Crevasses and Rifts Across Antarctic Ice Shelves A. Pang et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3645189
- Calving dynamics at Jakobshavn Isbrae (Sermeq Kujalleq) controlled by local geometry: insights from a 3D Stokes calving model I. Wheel et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.77
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- Controls on calving at a large Greenland tidewater glacier: stress regime, self-organised criticality and the crevasse-depth calving law D. Benn et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.81
- Observed positive feedback between surface ablation and crevasse formation drives glacier acceleration and potential surge U. Nanni et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66349-9
- Mechanical Properties of Freshwater Ice I. Baker & A. Ogunmolasuyi https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05171
- Firn aquifer water discharges into crevasses across Southeast Greenland E. Cicero et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.25
- Calving driven by horizontal forces in a revised crevasse-depth framework D. Slater & T. Wagner https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2475-2025
- Damage detection on antarctic ice shelves using the normalised radon transform M. Izeboud & S. Lhermitte https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113359
- Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins T. Chudley et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01636-6
- Detection of Surface Crevasses over Antarctic Ice Shelves Using SAR Imagery and Deep Learning Method J. Zhao et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030487
- Comprehensive assessment of stress calculations for crevasse depths and testing with crevasse penetration as damage B. Reynolds et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-5045-2025
- A poro-damage phase field model for hydrofracturing of glacier crevasses X. Sun et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2021.101277
- Crevasse advection increases glacier calving B. Berg & J. Bassis https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.10
- Impact of Lithologic Heterogeneity on Brittleness of Cenozoic Unconventional Reservoirs (Fine-Grained) in Western Qaidam Basin X. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111443
- Automated high-resolution 3D crevasse extraction and dynamic linkages: an integrated UAV-LiDAR, photogrammetry, and C-TransUNet framework Y. Duan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104881
- The influence of firn layer material properties on surface crevasse propagation in glaciers and ice shelves T. Clayton et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5573-2024
- Ice shelf calving due to shear stresses: observing the response of Brunt Ice Shelf and Halloween Crack to iceberg calving using ICESat-2 laser altimetry, satellite imagery, and ice flow models A. Morris et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-4303-2025
- Marginal Detachment Zones: The Fracture Factories of Ice Shelves? C. Miele et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006959
- A Framework for Characterizing 3-D Structures of Crevasses and Rifts Across Antarctic Ice Shelves A. Pang et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3645189
- Calving dynamics at Jakobshavn Isbrae (Sermeq Kujalleq) controlled by local geometry: insights from a 3D Stokes calving model I. Wheel et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.77
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Short summary
Accurate predictions of future changes in glacier flow require the realistic simulation of glacier terminus position change in numerical models. We use crevasse observations for 19 Greenland glaciers to explore whether the two commonly used crevasse depth models match observations. The models cannot reproduce spatial patterns, and we largely attribute discrepancies between modeled and observed depths to the models' inability to account for advection.
Accurate predictions of future changes in glacier flow require the realistic simulation of...
