Frontal destabilization of Stonebreen, Edgeøya, Svalbard
In consideration of the strong atmospheric warming that has been observed since the 1990s in polar regions there is a need to quantify mass loss of Arctic ice caps and glaciers and their contribution to sea level rise. In polar regions a large part of glacier ablation is through calving of tidewater...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-02-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/553/2017/tc-11-553-2017.pdf |