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Heterogeneous retreat and ice melt of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

The glaciers flowing into the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, have undergone acceleration and grounding line retreat over the past few decades that may yield an irreversible mass loss. Using a constellation of satellites, we detect the evolution of ice velocity, ice thinning, and grounding...

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Autores principales: Milillo, P., Rignot, E., Rizzoli, P., Scheuchl, B., Mouginot, J., Bueso-Bello, J., Prats-Iraola, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6353628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30729155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau3433