Stabilizing effect of mélange buttressing on the marine ice-cliff instability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
<p>Owing to global warming and particularly high regional ocean warming, both Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers in the Amundsen region of the Antarctic Ice Sheet could lose their buttressing ice shelves over time. We analyse the possible consequences using the parallel ice sheet model (PISM),...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2022-05-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/1979/2022/tc-16-1979-2022.pdf |