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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4107-2022
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Research article
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10 Oct 2022
Research article |
| 10 Oct 2022
| 10 Oct 2022
On the evolution of an ice shelf melt channel at the base of Filchner Ice Shelf, from observations and viscoelastic modeling
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Julia Christmann
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Hugh F. J. Corr
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
Veit Helm
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Lea-Sophie Höyns
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Coen Hofstede
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Ralf Müller
Institute of Applied Mechanics, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Division of Continuum Mechanics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Niklas Neckel
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Keith W. Nicholls
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
Timm Schultz
Institute of Applied Mechanics, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Division of Continuum Mechanics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Daniel Steinhage
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Michael Wolovick
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Ole Zeising
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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7 citations as recorded by crossref.
- High‐Resolution Simulations of the Plume Dynamics in an Idealized 79°N Glacier Cavity Using Adaptive Vertical Coordinates M. Reinert et al. 10.1029/2023MS003721
- Antarctic basal environment shaped by high-pressure flow through a subglacial river system C. Dow et al. 10.1038/s41561-022-01059-1
- High Spatial Melt Rate Variability Near the Totten Glacier Grounding Zone Explained by New Bathymetry Inversion I. Vaňková et al. 10.1029/2023GL102960
- New avenues for potentially seeking microbial responses to climate change beneath Antarctic ice shelves A. Llorenç-Vicedo et al. 10.1128/msphere.00073-24
- The role of channelized basal melt in ice-shelf stability: recent progress and future priorities K. Alley et al. 10.1017/aog.2023.5
- Linear analysis of ice-shelf topography response to basal melting and freezing A. Stubblefield et al. 10.1098/rspa.2023.0290
- Extreme melting at Greenland's largest floating ice tongue O. Zeising et al. 10.5194/tc-18-1333-2024
Latest update: 13 Dec 2024
Short summary
Ice shelves are normally flat structures that fringe the Antarctic continent. At some locations they have channels incised into their underside. On Filchner Ice Shelf, such a channel is more than 50 km long and up to 330 m high. We conducted field measurements of basal melt rates and found a maximum of 2 m yr−1. Simulations represent the geometry evolution of the channel reasonably well. There is no reason to assume that this type of melt channel is destabilizing ice shelves.
Ice shelves are normally flat structures that fringe the Antarctic continent. At some locations...
