Thermodynamics of the interaction between ice shelves and the sea
An ice shelf is a floating ice sheet, attached to land where ice is grounded along the coastline. Nourished both by surface snow accumulation and by glaciers and ice sheets flowing off the land, ice shelves can reach a considerable thickness, varying from up to 1 300 m when the ice starts to float t...
Published in: | Polar Record |
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Cambridge University Press
1976
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525642/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400028692 |