Massive subsurface ice formed by refreezing of ice-shelf melt ponds

Bryn Hubbard; Adrian Luckman; David W. Ashmore; Suzanne Bevan; Bernd Kulessa; Peter Kuipers Munneke; Morgane Philippe; Daniela Jansen; Adam Booth; Heidi Sevestre; Jean-Louis Tison; Martin O’Leary; Ian Rutt

doi:10.1038/ncomms11897

Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Massive subsurface ice formed by refreezing of ice-shelf melt ponds

Bryn Hubbard,
Adrian Luckman,
David W. Ashmore,
Suzanne Bevan,
Bernd Kulessa,
Peter Kuipers Munneke,
Morgane Philippe,
Daniela Jansen,
Adam Booth,
Heidi Sevestre,
Jean-Louis Tison,
Martin O’Leary,
Ian Rutt

Affiliations

Bryn Hubbard: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Centre for Glaciology, Aberystwyth University
Adrian Luckman: Department of Geography, Glaciology Group, Swansea University
David W. Ashmore: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Centre for Glaciology, Aberystwyth University
Suzanne Bevan: Department of Geography, Glaciology Group, Swansea University
Bernd Kulessa: Department of Geography, Glaciology Group, Swansea University
Peter Kuipers Munneke: Department of Geography, Glaciology Group, Swansea University
Morgane Philippe: Département Géosciences, Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Environnement et Société, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Daniela Jansen: Alfred Wegener Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Adam Booth: School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Heidi Sevestre: Department of Arctic Geology, University Centre in Svalbard
Jean-Louis Tison: Département Géosciences, Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Environnement et Société, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Martin O’Leary: Department of Geography, Glaciology Group, Swansea University
Ian Rutt: Department of Geography, Glaciology Group, Swansea University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11897
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The influence of surface ponding on the interior of ice shelves is currently unknown. Here, the authors combine surface and borehole geophysics on the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica, with remote sensing and modelling and show how pond refreezing increases ice shelf density and temperature.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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