Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-911-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-911-2019
Research article
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15 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 15 Mar 2019

Large spatial variations in the flux balance along the front of a Greenland tidewater glacier

Till J. W. Wagner, Fiamma Straneo, Clark G. Richards, Donald A. Slater, Laura A. Stevens, Sarah B. Das, and Hanumant Singh

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Feb 2019) by Benjamin Smith
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This study shows how complex and varied the processes are that determine the frontal position of tidewater glaciers. Rather than uniform melt or calving rates, a single (medium-sized) glacier can feature regions that retreat almost exclusively due to melting and other regions that retreat only due to calving. This has far-reaching consequences for our understanding of how glaciers retreat or advance.