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The largest interface between the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Southern Ocean corresponds to the bases of floating ice shelves which constitute about one half of Antarctica’s coast line. Heat and mass (melting and freez-

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Main Authors: Klaus Grosfeld, M. A. Lange
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http://www.geo.uni-bremen.de/geomod/staff/grosfeld/ClivarEx28-Grosfeld_etal03.pdf
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Summary:The largest interface between the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Southern Ocean corresponds to the bases of floating ice shelves which constitute about one half of Antarctica’s coast line. Heat and mass (melting and freez-