Publikationsdatum:
2017-06-02
Beschreibung:
Recent dynamic changes on Fleming Glacier after the disintegration of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula Peter Friedl, Thorsten C. Seehaus, Anja Wendt, Matthias H. Braun, and Kathrin Höppner The Cryosphere Discuss., https//doi.org/10.5194/tc-2017-91,2017 Manuscript under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments) Fleming Glacier is the biggest tributary glacier of the former Wordie Ice Shelf (south-western Antarctic Peninsula). Radar satellite data and airborne ice elevation measurements show that the glacier accelerated by ~ 30 % from 2007–2011 and that tinning of the glacier increased by ~ 60–70 %. This was a response to an ungrounding of the glacier tongue from the glacier bed between 2008 and 2011, which was likely crucially triggered by increased basal melt at the grounding line due to ocean warming.
Print ISSN:
1994-0416
Digitale ISSN:
1994-0424
Thema:
Geographie
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Geologie und Paläontologie
