Horizontal force-balance calving laws: Ice shelves, marine- and land-terminating glaciers

Predicting calving in glacier models is challenging, as observations of diverse calving styles appear to contradict a universal calving law. Here, we generalize and apply the analytical Horizontal Force-Balance fracture model from ice shelves to land- and marine-terminating glaciers. We consider dif...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Niall Bennet Coffey, Ching-Yao Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143025100683/type/journal_article