Marine ice-cliff instability modeling shows mixed-mode ice-cliff failure and yields calving rate parameterization.
Marine ice-cliff instability modeling shows mixed-mode ice-cliff failure and yields calving rate parameterization.
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10.1038/s41467-021-23070-7
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发表时间:
2021-05-11
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Zwinger T
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作者:
Crawford AJ;Benn DI;Todd J;Åström JA;Bassis JN;Zwinger T
Marine ice-cliff instability could accelerate ice loss from Antarctica, and according to some model predictions could potentially contribute >1 m of global mean sea level rise by 2100 at current emission rates. Regions with over-deepening basins >1 km in depth (e.g., the West Antarctic Ice Sheet) are particularly susceptible to this instability, as retreat could expose increasingly tall cliffs that could exceed ice stability thresholds. Here, we use a suite of high-fidelity glacier models to improve understanding of the modes through which ice cliffs can structurally fail and derive a conservative ice-cliff failure retreat rate parameterization for ice-sheet models. Our results highlight the respective roles of viscous deformation, shear-band formation, and brittle-tensile failure within marine ice-cliff instability. Calving rates increase non-linearly with cliff height, but runaway ice-cliff retreat can be inhibited by viscous flow and back force from iceberg mélange. Ice-cliff failure that leads to marine ice-cliff instability could accelerate Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat. Here, the authors use 3D glacier models to investigate ice-cliff failure, derive a retreat rate relationship, and quantify mélange back force necessary to suppress ice-cliff failure.
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DOI:
10.1098/rspa.2011.0422
发表时间:
2012-04-08
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Bassis, J. N.;Walker, C. C.
通讯作者:
Walker, C. C.
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Benn, Douglas I.;Astrom, Jan;Luckman, Adrian
通讯作者:
Luckman, Adrian
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Clerc, Fiona;Minchew, Brent M.;Behn, Mark D.
通讯作者:
Behn, Mark D.
影响因子:
5.1
作者:
Pollard, David;DeConto, Robert M.;Alley, Richard B.
通讯作者:
Alley, Richard B.
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
DeConto, Robert M.;Pollard, David
通讯作者:
Pollard, David