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Calving fluxes and basal melt rates of Antarctic ice shelves

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  • M. A. Depoorter

    (Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK)

  • J. L. Bamber

    (Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK)

  • J. A. Griggs

    (Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK)

  • J. T. M. Lenaerts

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • S. R. M. Ligtenberg

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • M. R. van den Broeke

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • G. Moholdt

    (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego)

Abstract

An estimate of the mass balance components for all ice shelves in Antarctica indicates that about half of the ice-sheet surface mass gain is lost through oceanic erosion before reaching the ice front, and that the loss due to iceberg calving is about 34 per cent less than previously thought.

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  • M. A. Depoorter & J. L. Bamber & J. A. Griggs & J. T. M. Lenaerts & S. R. M. Ligtenberg & M. R. van den Broeke & G. Moholdt, 2013. "Calving fluxes and basal melt rates of Antarctic ice shelves," Nature, Nature, vol. 502(7469), pages 89-92, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:502:y:2013:i:7469:d:10.1038_nature12567
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12567
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