Brief communication: Rapid acceleration of the Brunt Ice Shelf after calving of iceberg A-81

Marsh, Oliver J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-514X; Luckman, Adrian J.; Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3841-3746. 2024 Brief communication: Rapid acceleration of the Brunt Ice Shelf after calving of iceberg A-81. The Cryosphere, 18 (2). 705-710. 10.5194/tc-18-705-2024

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Abstract/Summary

The Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, accelerated rapidly from a velocity of 900 to 1500 m a−1 during 6 months, following calving of a 1500 km2 iceberg on 22 January 2023. The immediate response to calving was observed as a change to the rate of acceleration and not to velocity directly. Acceleration increased by a factor of 10, with a second, smaller calving at the end of June 2023, leading to further tripling of acceleration. The acceleration was caused by the reduction of buttressing at the McDonald Ice Rumples, leading to high localised strain rates, which reduce the strength of the remaining ice shelf.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.5194/tc-18-705-2024
Date made live:	14 Feb 2024 11:36 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535811

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.5194/tc-18-705-2024

Date made live:

14 Feb 2024 11:36 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535811