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Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2645-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2645-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Research article
 | 
11 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 11 Jul 2023

Towards modelling of corrugation ridges at ice-sheet grounding lines

Kelly A. Hogan, Katarzyna L. P. Warburton, Alastair G. C. Graham, Jerome A. Neufeld, Duncan R. Hewitt, Julian A. Dowdeswell, and Robert D. Larter

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2645-2023-supplement

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Gridded multibeam bathymetry data from 'The Bump' at Thwaites Glacier, collected by 'Ran' Kongsberg Hugin AUV (Kongsberg EM2040), on the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer during cruise NBP19-02 (2019) Alastair G. C. Graham https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20359920.v1

Research data supporting Towards modelling of corrugation ridges at ice-sheet grounding lines Katarzyna Warburton, Duncan Hewitt, and Jerome Neufeld https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.96524

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Short summary
Delicate sea floor ridges – corrugation ridges – that form by tidal motion at Antarctic grounding lines record extremely fast retreat of ice streams in the past. Here we use a mathematical model, constrained by real-world observations from Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, to explore how corrugation ridges form. We identify till extrusion, whereby deformable sediment is squeezed out from under the ice like toothpaste as it settles down at each low-tide position, as the most likely process.
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