Contrasting hydrological controls on bed properties during the acceleration of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica
In the Amundsen sector of West Antarctica, the flow of glaciers accelerates when intrusion of warm ocean water onto the continental shelf induces strong melting beneath ice shelves and thinning near the glacier’s grounding lines. Projecting the future of these glaciers is, however, hindered by a poo...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2019
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Online Access: | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288564 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.35847 |