Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3593-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3593-2023
Research article
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26 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 26 Aug 2023

Extensive and anomalous grounding line retreat at Vanderford Glacier, Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

Hannah J. Picton, Chris R. Stokes, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, Dana Floricioiu, and Lukas Krieger

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Review of "Extensive and anomalous grounding line retreat at Vanderford Glacier, Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica" by Picton et al. 2022', Wei Ji Leong, 05 Jan 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Hannah Picton, 24 Mar 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2022-217', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Feb 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Hannah Picton, 24 Mar 2023

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Apr 2023) by Huw Horgan
AR by Hannah Picton on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (18 Jul 2023) by Huw Horgan
AR by Hannah Picton on behalf of the Authors (20 Jul 2023)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
This study provides an overview of recent ice dynamics within Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. This region was recently discovered to be vulnerable to intrusions of warm water capable of driving basal melt. Our results show extensive grounding-line retreat at Vanderford Glacier, estimated at 18.6 km between 1996 and 2020. This supports the notion that the warm water is able to access deep cavities below the Vanderford Ice Shelf, potentially making Vanderford Glacier unstable.