Breakup and conditions for stability of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Corr, H. F. J. ; Rott, H. ; Skvarca, P. ; Young, N. W. ; Doake, C. S. M.

[s.l.] : Macmillan Magazines Ltd.
Published 1998
ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The breakup of ice shelves has been widely regarded as an indicator of climate change, with observations around the Antarctic Peninsula having shown a pattern of gradual retreat, associated with regional atmospheric warming and increased summer melt and fracturing processes. The rapid collapse ...
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Electronic Resource
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