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Subglacial lake drainage detected beneath the Greenland ice sheet

The contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea-level rise has accelerated in recent decades. Subglacial lake drainage events can induce an ice sheet dynamic response—a process that has been observed in Antarctica, but not yet in Greenland, where the presence of subglacial lakes has only recently...

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Autores principales: Palmer, Steven, McMillan, Malcolm, Morlighem, Mathieu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26450175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9408