Actively evolving subglacial conduits and eskers initiate ice shelf channels at an Antarctic groundi...
Actively evolving subglacial conduits and eskers initiate ice shelf channels at an Antarctic grounding line
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Drews, R. , Pattyn, F. , Hewitt, I. J. , Ng, F. S. L. , Berger, S. , Matsuoka, K. , Helm, V. , Bergeot, N. , Favier, L. and Neckel, N.
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Ice-shelf channels are long curvilinear tracts of thin ice found on Antarctic ice shelves. Many of them originate near the grounding line, but their formation mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we use ice-penetrating radar data from Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, to infer that the morphology of several ice-shelf channels is seeded...
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Actively evolving subglacial conduits and eskers initiate ice shelf channels at an Antarctic grounding line
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_9550a7a30b0345d58533ea74848e0467
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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10.1038/ncomms15228
