Context for the recent massive petermann glacier calving event

On 4 August 2010, about one fifth of the floating ice tongue of Petermann Glacier (also known as "Petermann Gletscher") in northwestern Greenland calved (Figure 1). The resulting "ice island" had an area approximately 4 times that of Manhattan Island (about 253±17 square kilomete...

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Autori principali: Falkner, K, Melling, H, Mnchow, A, Box, J, Wohlleben, T, Johnson, H, Gudmandsen, P, Samelson, R, Copland, L, Steffen, K, Rignot, E, Higgins, A
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2011

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