Undercutting of marine-terminating glaciers in West Greenland
Marine-terminating glaciers control most of Greenland's ice discharge into the ocean, but little is known about the geometry of their frontal regions. Here we use side-looking, multibeam echo sounding observations to reveal that their frontal ice cliffs are grounded deeper below sea level than...
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| Publié dans: | Geophysical research letters. - 1984. - 42(2015), 14 vom: 28. Juli, Seite 5909-5917
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| Auteur principal: |
Rignot, Eric
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| Autres auteurs: |
Fenty, Ian,
Xu, Yun,
Cai, Cilan,
Kemp, Chris |
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| Format: | Article en ligne
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| Langue: | English |
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| Publié: |
2015
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| Accès à la collection: | Geophysical research letters
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| Sujets: | Journal Article
Glaciology
Greenland
bathymetry
ice‐ocean interactions
multibeam echo sounding
physical oceanography |
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