Nature Communications (May 2017)

Actively evolving subglacial conduits and eskers initiate ice shelf channels at an Antarctic grounding line

  • R. Drews,
  • F. Pattyn,
  • I. J. Hewitt,
  • F. S. L. Ng,
  • S. Berger,
  • K. Matsuoka,
  • V. Helm,
  • N. Bergeot,
  • L. Favier,
  • N. Neckel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15228
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The formation mechanisms of ice-shelf channels remain poorly understood. Here, using ice-penetrating radar data, the authors propose that ice-shelf channel morphology in the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, is seeded by esker ridges, indenting the ice from below.