Rapid iceberg calving following removal of tightly packed pro-glacial mélange

Observation systems are not sufficient to determine the relationship between mélange strength and calving frequency. Here the authors used the derivation of digital elevation models from radar interferometry data to study Jakobshavn Isbræ and show an inverse correlation between mélange thickness and...

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Main Authors: Surui Xie, Timothy H. Dixon, David M. Holland, Denis Voytenko, Irena Vaňková
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10908-4