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Massive subsurface ice formed by refreezing of ice-shelf melt ponds

Surface melt ponds form intermittently on several Antarctic ice shelves. Although implicated in ice-shelf break up, the consequences of such ponding for ice formation and ice-shelf structure have not been evaluated. Here we report the discovery of a massive subsurface ice layer, at least 16 km acros...

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Autores principales: Hubbard, Bryn, Luckman, Adrian, Ashmore, David W., Bevan, Suzanne, Kulessa, Bernd, Kuipers Munneke, Peter, Philippe, Morgane, Jansen, Daniela, Booth, Adam, Sevestre, Heidi, Tison, Jean-Louis, O'Leary, Martin, Rutt, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27283778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11897