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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Martin P. Lüthi, Nature 468 (2010), Glaciology: Greenland's glacial basics

Nature
468,
 
776–777
 
(9 December 2010)
 
doi:10.1038/468776a; 

Published online




Glaciology: Greenland's glacial basics


VAW Glaciology Group, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland

Abstract

Sliding of the Greenland ice sheet is affected by the production of surface meltwater. A new theory shows that whether the result is a long-term speed-up or slow-down of ice motion depends on the variability in melt input.

*Correspondence e-mail:  luethi@vaw.baug.ethz.ch

Link:  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7325/full/468776a.html

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