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Reply to: "Impact of marine processes on flow dynamics of northern Antarctic Peninsula outlet glaciers" by Rott et al.
- Source :
- Nature Communications; 6/11/2020, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-4, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- B Replying to b Rott et al. I Nature Communications i 10.1038/s41467-020-16658-y (2020) In Tuckett et al.[1], we report short-term speed-up events of Antarctic Peninsula outlet glaciers. Here, we defend the meltwater hypothesis, present evidence against the sea-ice hypothesis, and examine potential bias in our glacier velocity measurements. Although sea-ice evacuation is coincident with the March 2018 speed-up event observed in Tuckett et al.[1], changes in sea-ice characteristics are not synchronous across all studied glaciers. Finally, the sea-ice hypothesis cannot explain how glaciers return to pre-event velocities[1], as the sea ice does not rapidly reform to its pre-breakup structure (Fig. [Extracted from the article]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143724997
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16685-9