Evidence for rapid retreat and mass loss of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
Thwaites Glacier, the second largest ice stream in West Antarctica, drains an area of 166 500 ± 2000 km2 which accumulates 55 ± 5 Gt a-1 (or 60 ± 6 km3 ice a-1) into the Amundsen Sea, unrestrained by an ice shelf. Using interferometric synthetic-aperture radar (InSAR) data collected by the European...
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eScholarship, University of California
2001
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| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0q22m94t |