ICESat profiles of tabular iceberg margins and iceberg breakup at low latitudes

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Nov 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3223s09s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 23, CiteID L23S09

Physics

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Cryosphere: Ice Shelves, Cryosphere: Icebergs, Cryosphere: Instruments And Techniques, Cryosphere: Modeling

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ICESat elevation profiles of tabular iceberg margins and the Ronne Ice Shelf edge reveal shapes indicative of two types of bending forces. Icebergs and shelf fronts in sea-ice-covered areas have broad (~1000 m wide), rounded, ~0.6 m high `berms' and outer edges that slope down several meters toward the water. Bergs in warmer water have 2 to 5m `ramparts' with ~1500 m wide edge-parallel `moats' inboard of the edge. This latter pattern was first revealed in images from International Space Station (ISS) showing edge-parallel melt ponds on one iceberg just prior to its disintegration. Model results indicate the patterns are caused by hydrostatic and lithostatic forces acting on the ice face. `Berm' profiles arise from differences between ice and water pressure along the face. `Rampart-moat' profiles result from waterline erosion, creating a submerged bench of ice that lifts the ice edge. We use the results to discuss iceberg breakup at low latitudes.

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