Rapid fragmentation of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf
<p>Ice shelves play a key role in the dynamics of marine ice sheets by buttressing grounded ice and limiting rates of ice flux to the oceans. In response to recent climatic and oceanic change, ice shelves fringing the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) have begun to fragment and retreat, with maj...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2022-06-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/2545/2022/tc-16-2545-2022.pdf |