Calving fluxes and basal melt rates of Antarctic ice shelves

M. A. Depoorter (), J. L. Bamber (), J. A. Griggs, J. T. M. Lenaerts, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, M. R. van den Broeke and G. Moholdt
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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

Nature, 2013, vol. 502, issue 7469, 89-92

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.

Date: 2013
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