Suppressed basal melting in the eastern Thwaites Glacier grounding zone.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2023
02 2023
Historique:
received:
27
04
2022
accepted:
22
11
2022
entrez:
15
2
2023
pubmed:
16
2
2023
medline:
16
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Thwaites Glacier is one of the fastest-changing ice-ocean systems in Antarctica
Identifiants
pubmed: 36792735
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05586-0
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-05586-0
pmc: PMC9931584
doi:
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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
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Pagination
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Organisme : National Science Foundation
ID : 1739003
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Type : CommentIn
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© 2023. The Author(s).
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