Observed latitudinal variations in erosion as a function of glacier dynamics

Michéle Koppes (), Bernard Hallet, Eric Rignot, Jérémie Mouginot, Julia Smith Wellner and Katherine Boldt
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Michéle Koppes: 1984 West Mall, University of British Columbia
Bernard Hallet: Box 351310, University of Washington
Eric Rignot: University of California
Jérémie Mouginot: University of California
Julia Smith Wellner: University of Houston
Katherine Boldt: School of Oceanography, Box 357940, University of Washington

Nature, 2015, vol. 526, issue 7571, 100-103

Abstract: Erosion and velocity data from 15 outlet glaciers covering temperate to polar glacier thermal regimes from Patagonia to the Antarctic Peninsula reveal that over the past century the basin-averaged erosion rates vary by three orders of magnitude as a function of climate across this latitudinal transect.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nature15385

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