Thwaites Glacier grounding-line retreat: influence of width and buttressing parameterizations

Major ice loss has recently been observed along coastal outlet glaciers of the West Antarctic ice sheet, mainly due to increased melting below the ice shelves. However, the behavior of this marine ice sheet is poorly understood, leading to significant shortcomings in ice-sheet models attempting to p...

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Main Authors: Docquier, David, Pollard, David, Pattyn, Frank
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/171832
https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/171832/3/doi_155462.pdf