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Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-955-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-955-2025
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
Research article
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03 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2025

Assessing the sensitivity of the Vanderford Glacier, East Antarctica, to basal melt and calving

Lawrence A. Bird, Felicity S. McCormack, Johanna Beckmann, Richard S. Jones, and Andrew N. Mackintosh

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Vanderford Glacier is the fastest-retreating glacier in East Antarctica and may have important implications for future ice loss from the Aurora Subglacial Basin. Our ice sheet model simulations suggest that grounding line retreat is driven by sub-ice-shelf basal melting, in which warm ocean waters melt ice close to the grounding line. We show that current estimates of basal melt are likely too low, highlighting the need for improved estimates and direct measurements of basal melt in the region.
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