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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-887-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-887-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Data description paper
| 
20 Apr 2020
Data description paper |
| 20 Apr 2020
| 20 Apr 2020
An updated seabed bathymetry beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Bernd Kulessa
Glaciology Group, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton
Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
Thomas Hudson
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Lianne Harrison
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Paul Holland
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Adrian Luckman
Glaciology Group, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton
Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
Suzanne Bevan
Glaciology Group, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton
Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
David Ashmore
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool,
L69 7ZT, UK
Bryn Hubbard
Centre for Glaciology, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences,
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, UK
Emma Pearce
Institute of Applied Geoscience, School of Earth and Environment,
University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
James White
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
Adam Booth
Institute of Applied Geoscience, School of Earth and Environment,
University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Keith Nicholls
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Andrew Smith
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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9 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Sensitivity of Melting, Freezing and Marine Ice Beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf to Changes in Ocean Forcing L. Harrison et al. 10.1029/2021GL096914
- Ice‐Front Retreat Controls on Ocean Dynamics Under Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica M. Poinelli et al. 10.1029/2023GL104588
- PARASO, a circum-Antarctic fully coupled ice-sheet–ocean–sea-ice–atmosphere–land model involving f.ETISh1.7, NEMO3.6, LIM3.6, COSMO5.0 and CLM4.5 C. Pelletier et al. 10.5194/gmd-15-553-2022
- History of the Larsen C Ice Shelf reconstructed from sub–ice shelf and offshore sediments J. Smith et al. 10.1130/G48503.1
- Characterising ice slabs in firn using seismic full waveform inversion, a sensitivity study E. Pearce et al. 10.1017/jog.2023.30
- High Spatial Melt Rate Variability Near the Totten Glacier Grounding Zone Explained by New Bathymetry Inversion I. Vaňková et al. 10.1029/2023GL102960
- Assessment of Larsen C Ice Shelf stability: insights from surface and basal fracture Q. Li et al. 10.1080/17538947.2025.2475165
- The great calving in 2017 did not have a significant impact on the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the short term M. Liu et al. 10.1080/10095020.2023.2274136
- Bathymetry of the Antarctic continental shelf and ice shelf cavities from circumpolar gravity anomalies and other data R. Charrassin et al. 10.1038/s41598-024-81599-1
8 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Sensitivity of Melting, Freezing and Marine Ice Beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf to Changes in Ocean Forcing L. Harrison et al. 10.1029/2021GL096914
- Ice‐Front Retreat Controls on Ocean Dynamics Under Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica M. Poinelli et al. 10.1029/2023GL104588
- PARASO, a circum-Antarctic fully coupled ice-sheet–ocean–sea-ice–atmosphere–land model involving f.ETISh1.7, NEMO3.6, LIM3.6, COSMO5.0 and CLM4.5 C. Pelletier et al. 10.5194/gmd-15-553-2022
- History of the Larsen C Ice Shelf reconstructed from sub–ice shelf and offshore sediments J. Smith et al. 10.1130/G48503.1
- Characterising ice slabs in firn using seismic full waveform inversion, a sensitivity study E. Pearce et al. 10.1017/jog.2023.30
- High Spatial Melt Rate Variability Near the Totten Glacier Grounding Zone Explained by New Bathymetry Inversion I. Vaňková et al. 10.1029/2023GL102960
- Assessment of Larsen C Ice Shelf stability: insights from surface and basal fracture Q. Li et al. 10.1080/17538947.2025.2475165
- The great calving in 2017 did not have a significant impact on the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the short term M. Liu et al. 10.1080/10095020.2023.2274136
Latest update: 09 Jul 2025
Short summary
Melting of the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica may lead to its collapse. To help estimate its lifespan we need to understand how the ocean can circulate beneath. This requires knowledge of the geometry of the sub-shelf cavity. New and existing measurements of seabed depth are integrated to produce a map of the ocean cavity beneath the ice shelf. The observed deep seabed may provide a pathway for circulation of warm ocean water but at the same time reduce rapid tidal melt at a critical location.
Melting of the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica may lead to its collapse. To help estimate its...
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