Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4535-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4535-2023
Research article
 | 
30 Oct 2023
Research article |  | 30 Oct 2023

In situ 10Be modeling and terrain analysis constrain subglacial quarrying and abrasion rates at Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ), Greenland

Brandon L. Graham, Jason P. Briner, Nicolás E. Young, Allie Balter-Kennedy, Michele Koppes, Joerg M. Schaefer, Kristin Poinar, and Elizabeth K. Thomas

Viewed

Total article views: 1,066 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
730 280 56 1,066 40 48
  • HTML: 730
  • PDF: 280
  • XML: 56
  • Total: 1,066
  • BibTeX: 40
  • EndNote: 48
Views and downloads (calculated since 12 May 2023)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 12 May 2023)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 1,066 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 1,053 with geography defined and 13 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 08 May 2024
Download
Short summary
Glacial erosion is a fundamental process operating on Earth's surface. Two processes of glacial erosion, abrasion and plucking, are poorly understood. We reconstructed rates of abrasion and quarrying in Greenland. We derive a total glacial erosion rate of 0.26 ± 0.16 mm per year. We also learned that erosion via these two processes is about equal. Because the site is similar to many other areas covered by continental ice sheets, these results may be applied to many places on Earth.