Articles | Volume 12, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2039-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2039-2018
Research article
 | 
15 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 15 Jun 2018

Bathymetric controls on calving processes at Pine Island Glacier

Jan Erik Arndt, Robert D. Larter, Peter Friedl, Karsten Gohl, Kathrin Höppner, and the Science Team of Expedition PS104

Viewed

Total article views: 6,312 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
4,063 1,730 519 6,312 327 117 127
  • HTML: 4,063
  • PDF: 1,730
  • XML: 519
  • Total: 6,312
  • Supplement: 327
  • BibTeX: 117
  • EndNote: 127
Views and downloads (calculated since 12 Jan 2018)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 12 Jan 2018)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 6,312 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 5,714 with geography defined and 598 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Discussed (final revised paper)

Latest update: 25 Apr 2024
Download
Short summary
The calving line location of the Pine Island Glacier did not show any trend within the last 70 years until calving in 2015 led to unprecedented retreat. In February 2017 we accessed this previously ice-shelf-covered area with RV Polarstern and mapped the sea-floor topography for the first time. Satellite imagery of the last decades show how the newly mapped shoals affected the ice shelf development and highlights that sea-floor topography is an important factor in initiating calving events.