Exceptional Retreat of Kangerlussuaq Glacier, East Greenland, Between 2016 and 2018

Kangerlussuaq Glacier is one of Greenland’s largest tidewater outlet glaciers, accounting for approximately 5% of all ice discharge from the Greenland ice sheet. In 2018 the Kangerlussuaq ice front reached its most retreated position since observations began in 1932. We determine the relationship be...

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Main Authors: Stephen Brough, J. Rachel Carr, Neil Ross, James M. Lea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2019.00123/full