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On meltwater under ice shelves
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 1995The basic features of the flow of meltwater under ice shelves can be described by a set of simple relations and length scales. The flow may be divided into two regions, with different basic processes dominating in each. In the first region, melting of the underside of the ice shelf is important and the temperature and salinity of the current tend ...
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Arctic Ice Shelves: An Introduction
2017Ice shelves are relatively thick ice masses that are afloat but attached to coastal land rather than adrift. They form by the seaward extension of glaciers or ice sheets or by build up of multiyear landfast sea ice. They thicken further by surface accumulation of snow and superimposed ice and by accretion of ice from water beneath.
Julian A. Dowdeswell, Martin O. Jeffries
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The health of Antarctic ice shelves
Nature Climate Change, 2017The thinning of floating ice shelves around Antarctica enhances upstream ice flow, contributing to sea-level rise. Ice-shelf thinning is now shown to influence glacial movement over much larger distances than previously thought.
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Science, 2014
Warming of the water that flows under Antarctic ice shelves is key to their melting [Also see Report by Schmidtko et al. ]
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Warming of the water that flows under Antarctic ice shelves is key to their melting [Also see Report by Schmidtko et al. ]
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Interaction of Ice Shelves with the Ocean
2020Ice shelves are the floating extensions of ice sheets into the ocean. Melting under ice shelves contributes to their mass balance and affects their geometry, with implications for ice-shelf evolution and integrity. This chapter examines the relevant ice-ocean interactions, focussing on mathematical descriptions of the plume dynamics that control the ...
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