Uppermost crustal structure regulates the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Uppermost crustal structure regulates the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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最上层的地壳结构控制着格陵兰冰盖的流动。

DOI:
10.1038/s41467-021-27537-5
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发表时间:
2021-12-15
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Morelli A
Morelli A
中科院分区:
综合性期刊1区
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作者:
Jones GA;Ferreira AMG;Kulessa B;Schimmel M;Berbellini A;Morelli A

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The flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet is controlled by subglacial processes and conditions that depend on the geological provenance and temperature of the crust beneath it, neither of which are adequately known. Here we present a seismic velocity model of the uppermost 5 km of the Greenlandic crust. We show that slow velocities in the upper crust tend to be associated with major outlet glaciers along the ice-sheet margin, and elevated geothermal heat flux along the Iceland hotspot track inland. Outlet glaciers particularly susceptible to basal slip over deformable subglacial sediments include Jakobshavn, Helheim and Kangerdlussuaq, while geothermal warming and softening of basal ice may affect the onset of faster ice flow at Petermann Glacier and the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. Interactions with the solid earth therefore control the past, present and future dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet and must be adequately explored and implemented in ice sheet models. Anomalously slow seismic velocities in the upper Greenlandic crust reveal soft sedimentary substrates beneath major outlet glaciers. This, together with elevated geothermal heat flux observed at the onset of fast ice flow, has major implications for ice-sheet dynamics.
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