Modelling melt lake formation on an ice shelf
The accumulation of surface meltwater on ice shelves can lead to the formation of melt lakes. Melt lakes have been implicated in crevasse propagation and ice shelf collapse; the Larsen B ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula was observed to have a large amount of melt lakes present on its surface jus...
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University of Reading
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729386 |