Dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet

TY - CHAP

T1 - Dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet

AU - Hvidberg, C. S.

AU - Svensson, A.

AU - Buchardt, S. L.

PY - 2013/1/1

Y1 - 2013/1/1

N2 - The Greenland ice sheet is the largest ice sheet in the Northern Hemisphere. Snow accumulation is high due to the proximity of the North Atlantic, and annual layers have been resolved in ice core records through the last glacial period. Ice flows from the interior toward the margin, where it is lost by surface melting or drains through fast-flowing outlet glaciers into fiords. The Greenland ice sheet is currently losing mass by retreat along the margins and acceleration of outlet glaciers.

AB - The Greenland ice sheet is the largest ice sheet in the Northern Hemisphere. Snow accumulation is high due to the proximity of the North Atlantic, and annual layers have been resolved in ice core records through the last glacial period. Ice flows from the interior toward the margin, where it is lost by surface melting or drains through fast-flowing outlet glaciers into fiords. The Greenland ice sheet is currently losing mass by retreat along the margins and acceleration of outlet glaciers.

KW - Basal melting

KW - Basal sliding

KW - Greenland

KW - Greenland ice sheet

KW - Ice crystals

KW - Ice deformation

KW - Ice dynamics

KW - Ice flow

KW - Ice sheet

KW - Ice stream

KW - Jakobshavn Isbrae

KW - Mass balance

KW - Sea level

KW - Stratigraphy

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043231984&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00327-7

DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00327-7

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85043231984

SN - 9780444536426

SP - 439

EP - 447

BT - Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

PB - Elsevier Science Inc.

ER -