Ocean access to a cavity beneath Totten Glacier in East Antarctica
Totten Glacier, the primary outlet of the Aurora Subglacial Basin, has the largest thinning rate in East Antarctica. Thinning may be driven by enhanced basal melting due to ocean processes3, modulated by polynya activity. Warm modified Circumpolar Deep Water, which has been linked to glacier retreat...
Published in: | Nature Geoscience |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2388 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/99498 |