A Simple Law for Ice-Shelf Calving
- 28 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 322 (5906) , 1344
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1162543
Abstract
A major problem for ice-sheet models is that no physically based law for the calving process has been established. Comparison across a diverse set of ice shelves demonstrates that iceberg calving increases with the along-flow spreading rate of a shelf. This relation suggests that frictional buttressing loss, which increases spreading, also leads to shelf retreat, a process known to accelerate ice-sheet flow and contribute to sea-level rise.Keywords
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