Four‐decade record of pervasive grounding line retreat along the Bellingshausen margin of West Antarctica

Abstract Changes to the grounding line, where grounded ice starts to float, can be used as a remotely sensed measure of ice‐sheet susceptibility to ocean‐forced dynamic thinning. Constraining this susceptibility is vital for predicting Antarctica's contribution to rising sea levels. We use Land...

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Main Authors: Frazer D. W. Christie, Robert G. Bingham, Noel Gourmelen, Simon F. B. Tett, Atsuhiro Muto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-06-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068972
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