Antarctic ice shelf potentially stabilized by export of meltwater in surface river
Meltwater stored in ponds and crevasses can weaken and fracture ice shelves, triggering their rapid disintegration. This ice-shelf collapse results in an increased flux of ice from adjacent glaciers and ice streams, thereby raising sea level globally. However, surface rivers forming on ice shelves c...
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12079/1858 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22048 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85018164299&doi=10.1038%2fnature22048&partnerID=40&md5=65ca9a8db9c37a47e8ee378e59104dc8 |