Numerical Modeling Shows Increased Fracturing Due to Melt-Undercutting Prior to Major Calving at Bowdoin Glacier
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Earth Science
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2296-6463
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.00253