Calving glaciers and ice shelves

Calving, or the release of icebergs from glaciers and floating ice shelves, is an important process transferring mass into the world’s oceans. Calving glaciers and ice sheets make a large contribution to sea-level rise, but large uncertainty remains about future ice sheet response to alternative car...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Douglas I. Benn, Jan A. Åström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Advances in Physics: X
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2018.1513819