Volume and area changes of the Milne Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, since 1950

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys of the 205 km 2 Milne Ice Shelf conducted in 2008 and 2009 are compared with radio echo sounding (RES) data from 1981 to provide the first direct measurements of thinning for any northern Ellesmere Island ice shelf. Our results show an average thinning for the...

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Published in:Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Main Authors: Mortimer, C.A. (Colleen A.), Copland, L. (Luke), Mueller, D. (Derek)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/6394
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JF002074