Implications of the break-up of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctica for sea level

Temperature records in the Antarctic Peninsula have shown a climatic warming of 1.5°C over the past 30 years and a number of ice shelves have retreated. The most dramatic retreat has been that of Wordie Ice Shelf which has undergone a catastrophic disintegration since the 1960s. Understanding the ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Author: Vaughan, David G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 1993
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Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518109/
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102093000537