Fig. 10
From: Rapid iceberg calving following removal of tightly packed pro-glacial mélange
Mélange wedge and its impact on glacier calving. a, b Dark and light grey correspond to surface (measured) and bottom (inferred) heights in the outlined rectangle in Fig. 7a, distance is along profile from downstream. a is from this study (surface slope of the wedge is typically 0.2–2°) and b is from a 2015 campaign6,17 when the mélange is relatively thin. c, d Schematic configurations along flow section of the glacier terminus with and without the thick mélange. The thick, tapered mélange in a constrained channel buttresses the glacier front and reduces fracture propagation and calving
