Ice-stream flow switching by up-ice propagation of instabilities along glacial marginal troughs

<p>Ice-stream networks constitute the arteries of ice sheets through which large volumes of glacial ice are rapidly delivered from the continent to the ocean. Modifications in ice-stream networks have a major impact on ice sheet mass balance and global sea level. Reorganizations in the drainag...

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Main Authors: E. Brouard, P. Lajeunesse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-03-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/981/2019/tc-13-981-2019.pdf