Marine Ice Cliff Instability Mitigated by Slow Removal of Ice Shelves
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DOI: 10.1029/2019gl084183
Abstract: The accelerated calving of ice shelves buttressing the Antarctic Ice Sheet may form unstable ice cliffs. The marine ice cliff instability hypothesis posits that cliffs taller than a critical height (~90 m) will undergo structural… read more here.
Keywords: marine ice; critical height; ice cliff; cliff ... See more keywords