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Brief communication: Thwaites Glacier cavity evolution
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Adrian Luckman ,
Douglas I. Benn,
Susheel Adusumilli,
Anna Crawford
The Cryosphere, Volume: 15, Issue: 7, Pages: 3317 - 3328
Swansea University Authors:
Suzanne Bevan , Adrian Luckman
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DOI (Published version): 10.5194/tc-15-3317-2021
Abstract
Between 2014 and 2017, ocean melt eroded a large cavity beneath and along the western margin of the fast-flowing core of Thwaites Glacier. Here we show that from2017 to the end of 2020 the cavity persisted but did not ex-pand. This behaviour, of melt concentrated at the groundingline within confined...
| Published in: | The Cryosphere |
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| ISSN: | 1994-0424 |
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Copernicus GmbH
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56442 |
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Between 2014 and 2017, ocean melt eroded a large cavity beneath and along the western margin of the fast-flowing core of Thwaites Glacier. Here we show that from2017 to the end of 2020 the cavity persisted but did not ex-pand. This behaviour, of melt concentrated at the groundingline within confined sub-shelf cavities, fits with prior observations and modelling studies. We also show that acceleration and thinning of Thwaites Glacier grounded ice continued, with an increase in speed of 400 m a−1and a thinning rate of at least 1.5 m a−1, between 2012 and 2020. |
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The bed data were downloaded from the UK Polar Data Centre. |
| Keywords: |
Thwaites Glacier, ocean melt |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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This research has been supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (grant nos. NE/P011365/1 and NE/S006605/1) |
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7 |
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3317 |
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3328 |