West Antarctic outlet glaciers
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West Antarctic outlet glaciers are fast-flowing ice streams that drain the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the surrounding oceans, playing a critical role in regional ice loss and global sea-level rise.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amundsen Sea outlet glaciers | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier system
ⓘ
ice stream ⓘ outlet glacier ⓘ |
| bedBelow | sea level ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
Antarctic ice mass loss
ⓘ
global sea-level rise ⓘ |
| controls | drainage of West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ |
| drainInto |
Amundsen Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bellingshausen Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Ross Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibits |
dynamic thinning
ⓘ
grounding-line retreat ⓘ ice-flow acceleration ⓘ |
| flowDirection | toward coast ⓘ |
| flowsOver | marine-based bedrock ⓘ |
| flowType | fast-flowing ice ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Crosson Ice Shelf outlet glaciers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dotson Ice Shelf outlet glaciers ⓘ Getz outlet glaciers NERFINISHED ⓘ Haynes Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Kohler Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercer Ice Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ Pine Island Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutford Ice Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ Smith Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Thwaites Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Whillans Ice Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Circumpolar Deep Water intrusions
ⓘ
bed topography ⓘ ice-shelf thinning ⓘ subglacial hydrology ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
GPS measurements
ⓘ
airborne radar surveys ⓘ satellite altimetry ⓘ satellite interferometric SAR ⓘ |
| partOf | West Antarctic Ice Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleIn |
future sea-level projections
ⓘ
potential marine ice-sheet instability ⓘ |
| sensitiveTo |
basal melting
ⓘ
changes in ice-shelf buttressing ⓘ grounding-line retreat ⓘ ocean warming ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
climate change research
ⓘ
cryospheric science ⓘ glaciology ⓘ |
| terminusForm |
grounding line
ⓘ
ice shelf ⓘ ice tongue ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Amundsen Sea outlet glaciers