Stability of ice-sheet grounding lines

Recent observations of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet document rapid changes in the mass balance of its component glaciers. These observations raise the question of whether changing climatic conditions have triggered a dynamical instability in the ice-sheet–ice-shelf system. The dynamics of marine ice...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Main Authors: Katz, Richard F., Worster, M. Grae
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2010
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2009.0434
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