Thermodynamics of the interaction between ice shelves and the sea
An ice shelf is a floating ice sheet, attached to land where ice is grounded along the coastline. Nourished both by surface snow accumulation and by glaciers and ice sheets flowing off the land, ice shelves can reach a considerable thickness, varying from up to 1 300 m when the ice starts to float t...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400028692 2024-03-03T08:38:52+00:00 Thermodynamics of the interaction between ice shelves and the sea Doake, C. S. M. 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400028692 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400028692 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 18, issue 112, page 37-41 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1976 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400028692 2024-02-08T08:38:26Z An ice shelf is a floating ice sheet, attached to land where ice is grounded along the coastline. Nourished both by surface snow accumulation and by glaciers and ice sheets flowing off the land, ice shelves can reach a considerable thickness, varying from up to 1 300 m when the ice starts to float to 200 m or less at the seaward edge (known as the ice front). Nearly all the world's ice shelves are found in Antarctica, where they cover an area of about one and a half million square kilometres. The two largest are the Ross Ice Shelf and the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, each with an area of about half a million square kilometres. Smaller ice shelves fringe other parts of the Antarctic coastline. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Polar Record Ronne Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf Ronne Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-61.000,-61.000,-78.500,-78.500) Polar Record 18 112 37 41 |
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An ice shelf is a floating ice sheet, attached to land where ice is grounded along the coastline. Nourished both by surface snow accumulation and by glaciers and ice sheets flowing off the land, ice shelves can reach a considerable thickness, varying from up to 1 300 m when the ice starts to float to 200 m or less at the seaward edge (known as the ice front). Nearly all the world's ice shelves are found in Antarctica, where they cover an area of about one and a half million square kilometres. The two largest are the Ross Ice Shelf and the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, each with an area of about half a million square kilometres. Smaller ice shelves fringe other parts of the Antarctic coastline. |
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Thermodynamics of the interaction between ice shelves and the sea |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf Ronne Ice Shelf |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Polar Record Ronne Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Polar Record Ronne Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf |
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