Ice–ocean interaction and calving front morphology at two west Greenland tidewater outlet glaciers

Warm, subtropical-originating Atlantic water (AW) has been identified as a primary driver of mass loss across the marine sectors of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), yet the specific processes by which this water mass interacts with and erodes the calving front of tidewater glaciers is frequently mode...

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Main Authors: N. Chauché, A. Hubbard, J.-C. Gascard, J. E. Box, R. Bates, M. Koppes, A. Sole, P. Christoffersen, H. Patton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-08-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/1457/2014/tc-8-1457-2014.pdf