Ice Shelf

-West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has potential for collapse-WAIS is classified as a marine ice sheet, i.e. part of it is grounded on land below sea level and the other part floats on the oceans as ice shelves-Dynamics of ice behavior at grounding line (junction of grounded ice with ice shelf) signif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bryan Riel, Ross Ice, Amundsen Sea, Pine Island Bay, Weddell Sea, Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea Close-up, Ice Loss, Ice Shelf Elevations
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Ice Stream Modeling
Default Calibrated Ice Stream
Antarctic
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Ice Shelves
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.585.5410
http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/387h/lectures/briel_wais.pdf
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Summary:-West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has potential for collapse-WAIS is classified as a marine ice sheet, i.e. part of it is grounded on land below sea level and the other part floats on the oceans as ice shelves-Dynamics of ice behavior at grounding line (junction of grounded ice with ice shelf) signifies potential instability.-Over 90 % of ice loss flows through only 10 ice streams-Total collapse of WAIS would lead to sea level rise of 4-6 meters

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