Getz Ice Shelf
E670034
Getz Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the coast of Marie Byrd Land in the Amundsen Sea, known for its extensive calving front and contribution to regional ice loss.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacial feature
ⓘ
ice shelf ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
climate change
ⓘ
ocean-driven basal melting ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
grounded ice of Marie Byrd Land
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
regional ice loss
ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ |
| fringesCoastOf | Marie Byrd Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCalvingFront | extensive ⓘ |
| hasCalvingStyle | tabular iceberg calving ⓘ |
| hasClimateZone | Antarctic coastal climate zone ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Amundsen Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDynamicState |
increasing ice discharge
ⓘ
retreating ⓘ thinning ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
marine-terminating
ⓘ
polar ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
grounding line ⓘ ice front ⓘ rifts ⓘ |
| hasIceFlowDirection | generally northward toward Amundsen Sea ⓘ |
| hasLanguageVariant | Getz Ice Shelf (English) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProcess | calving ⓘ |
| hasRegionType | coastal ice shelf ⓘ |
| hasSnowAccumulation | high relative to interior Antarctica ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Southern Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
circumpolar deep water ⓘ |
| isConsidered | one of the rapidly changing Antarctic ice shelves ⓘ |
| isPartOfSystem | Amundsen Sea ice shelves system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
glaciological studies
ⓘ
satellite remote sensing observations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amundsen Sea sector
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antarctica ⓘ Marie Byrd Land NERFINISHED ⓘ West Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
satellite altimetry
ⓘ
satellite gravimetry ⓘ satellite radar interferometry ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amundsen Sea embayment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antarctic ice sheet margin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific sector of Antarctica ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
contribution to global sea-level budget
ⓘ
ice–ocean interactions ⓘ mass balance changes ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.