<i>Brief Communication</i> "The 2013 Erebus Glacier Tongue calving event"

The Erebus Glacier Tongue, a small floating glacier in southern McMurdo Sound, is one of the best-studied ice tongues in Antarctica. Despite this, its calving on the 27 February 2013 (UTC) was around 10 yr earlier than previously predicted. The calving was likely a result of ocean currents and the a...

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Main Authors: C. L. Stevens, P. Sirguey, G. H. Leonard, T. G. Haskell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-09-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/1333/2013/tc-7-1333-2013.pdf