Grounding and calving cycle of Mertz Ice Tongue revealed by shallow Mertz Bank
A recent study, using remote sensing, provided evidence that a seafloor shoal influenced the 2010 calving event of the Mertz Ice Tongue (MIT), by partially grounding the MIT several years earlier. In this paper, we start by proposing a method to calculate firn air content (FAC) around Mertz from...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-09-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | https://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/2043/2016/tc-10-2043-2016.pdf |