Heterogeneous retreat and ice melt of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica.
The glaciers flowing into the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, have undergone acceleration and grounding line retreat over the past few decades that may yield an irreversible mass loss. Using a constellation of satellites, we detect the evolution of ice velocity, ice thinning, and grounding...
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eScholarship, University of California
2019
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Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2js4b50g |