Antarctic ice sheet : setting the stage The environment and evolution of the West
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The environment and evolution of the West Antarctic ice sheet: setting the stage.
The West Antarctic ice sheet is the last ice sheet of the type cradled in a warm, marine geologic basin. Its perimeter stretches into the surrounding seas allowing warmer ocean waters to reach the undersides of its floating ice shelves and its relatively low surface elevation permits snow-carrying storms to extend well into its interior. This special environment has given rise to theories of im...
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