Calving of Antarctic tabular icebergs is a decisive factor in the overall mass budget of the Antarctic ice sheet. With an ice loss of about 2000 Gt per year it is by far the largest negative term in the mass balance equation (surface ablation ~30 Gt yr-1, basal melting ~550 Gt yr-1. Jacobs et al., 1...
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| Summary: | Calving of Antarctic tabular icebergs is a decisive factor in the overall mass budget of the Antarctic ice sheet. With an ice loss of about 2000 Gt per year it is by far the largest negative term in the mass balance equation (surface ablation ~30 Gt yr-1, basal melting ~550 Gt yr-1. Jacobs et al., 1992). The |
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