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Elastic deformation plays a non-negligible role in Greenland’s outlet glacier flow

Authors :
Julia Christmann
Veit Helm
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Thomas Kleiner
Ralf Müller
Mathieu Morlighem
Niklas Neckel
Martin Rückamp
Daniel Steinhage
Ole Zeising
Angelika Humbert
Source :
Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Ice flow dynamics in Greenland’s outlet glaciers are influenced by elastic deformation, both in the area of tidal influence up to 14 km inland from the grounding line and further upstream, suggest analyses of GPS observations and numerical simulations.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26624435
Volume :
2
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Earth & Environment
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.6e70d8ae958f427392b9f2635f01b620
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00296-3