Buoyant flexure and basal crevassing in dynamic mass loss at Helheim Glacier

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 593-596

  James, Timothy D ^a   Murray, Tavi ^a   Selmes, Nick ^a   Scharrer, Kilian ^a   O'Leary, Martin ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905224199     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2204     Document Type: Article

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