Connecting the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Ocean: A Case Study of Helheim Glacier and Sermilik Fjord

The rapid ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet that began in the late 1990s sparked an interest in glacier/ocean exchanges both because an increase in submarine melting of the glacier is a potential trigger of glacier retreat and because the increasing freshwater discharge can affect the regional o...

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Main Authors: Flammetta Straneo, Gordon S. Hamilton, Leigh Stearns, David A. Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2016-12-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:https://tos.org/oceanography/assets/docs/29-4_straneo.pdf