West Antarctic sites for subglacial drilling to test for past ice-sheet collapse
<p>Mass loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is increasing, and there is concern that an incipient large-scale deglaciation of the marine basins may already be underway. Measurements of cosmogenic nuclides in subglacial bedrock surfaces have the potential to establish whether and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-08-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/2741/2018/tc-12-2741-2018.pdf |