Oceanographic variability in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, and its implications for glacier retreat
Joanna C Zanker,
Emma F. Young,
Paul Richard Holland
et al.
Abstract:South Georgia is a heavily glaciated sub-Antarctic island in the
Southern Ocean. Cumberland Bay is the largest fjord on the island, split
into two arms, each with a large marine-terminating glacier at the head.
Although these glaciers have shown markedly different retreat rates over
the past century, the underlying drivers of such differential retreat
are not yet understood. This study uses observations and a new
high-resolution oceanographic model to characterize oceanographic
variability in Cumberland Bay an… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.