Basal crevasses in Larsen C Ice Shelf and implications for their global abundance
Basal crevasses extend upwards from the base of ice bodies and can penetrate more than halfway through the ice column under conditions found commonly on ice shelves. As a result, they may locally modify the exchange of mass and energy between ice shelf and ocean, and by altering the shelf's mec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-01-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/6/113/2012/tc-6-113-2012.pdf |