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dynamic thinning: a standalone construct

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Sea-level and cryosphere science

ice sheet surface lowering caused by accelerated ice flow rather than surface melt, concentrated on fast-flowing marine-terminating outlet glaciers.

In sea-level and cryosphere science, dynamic thinning refers to ice sheet surface lowering caused by accelerated ice flow rather than surface melt, concentrated on fast-flowing marine-terminating outlet glaciers. This meaning comes from Pritchard (2009) in Nature.[1]

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References

  1. Pritchard, H. D., Arthern, R. J., Vaughan, D. G., & Edwards, L. A. (2009). Extensive dynamic thinning on the margins of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Nature, 461(7266), 971-975. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08471

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