Iceberg calving and ice sheet margin dynamics, West Greenland
Ice sheets are integral to the earth's climate system, both modulating and responding to climatic change. Iceberg calving fronts are the only dynamic interface at which the atmosphere, oceans and ice sheets directly interact. Calving introduces mechanical instability to glacier systems such tha...
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University of Edinburgh
1990
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.663493 |