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Nunataks as barriers to ice flow: implications for palaeo ice sheet reconstructions
Martim Mas e Braga
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geomorphology and Glaciology, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Richard Selwyn Jones
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, UK
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Jennifer C. H. Newall
Geomorphology and Glaciology, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Irina Rogozhina
Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Jane L. Andersen
Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Nathaniel A. Lifton
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Arjen P. Stroeven
Geomorphology and Glaciology, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Short summary
Mountains higher than the ice surface are sampled to know when the ice reached the sampled elevation, which can be used to guide numerical models. This is important to understand how much ice will be lost by ice sheets in the future. We use a simple model to understand how ice flow around mountains affects the ice surface topography and show how much this influences results from field samples. We also show that models need a finer resolution over mountainous areas to better match field samples.
Mountains higher than the ice surface are sampled to know when the ice reached the sampled...
