Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier
International audience We use satellite observations to show that, between 1992 and 2011, the Pine Island Glacier hinge line retreated at a rate of 0.95 ± 0.09 km yr−1 despite a progressive steepening and shoaling of the glacier surface and bedrock slopes, respectively, which ought to impede retreat...
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Published in: | Geophysical Research Letters |
Main Authors: |
Park, J. W.,
Gourmelen, N.,
Shepherd, A.,
Kim, S. W.,
Vaughan, D. G.,
Wingham, D. J. |
Other Authors: |
Yonsei University,
Dynamique globale et déformation active (IPGS) (IPGS-DGDA),
Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS),
Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS),
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science Leeds (ICAS),
School of Earth and Environment Leeds (SEE),
University of Leeds-University of Leeds,
Sejong University,
British Antarctic Survey (BAS),
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC),
University College of London London (UCL) |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2013
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-00856384
https://hal.science/hal-00856384/document
https://hal.science/hal-00856384/file/grl.50379.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50379
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