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Origin and location of new Arctic islands and straits due to glacial recession

A total of 34 new islands (each 0.5 km(2) or above) have appeared due to recession of Arctic glaciers under climate warming since the 1960s. Analysis of maps and satellite images of the Arctic coasts has been a basic method of recognizing these islands. Their origin is the final stage of a process w...

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Autores principales: Ziaja, Wiesław, Ostafin, Krzysztof
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6297102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29600488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1041-z