Modeling the Controls on the Front Position of a Tidewater Glacier in Svalbard
Calving is an important mass-loss process at ice sheet and marine-terminating glacier margins, but identifying and quantifying its principal driving mechanisms remains challenging. Hansbreen is a grounded tidewater glacier in southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard, with a rich history of field and remote se...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Earth Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2017.00029/full |