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grounding line: a standalone construct

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Glaciology

the boundary where grounded ice begins to float, whose ice flux depends strongly on local thickness.

In glaciology, grounding line refers to the boundary where grounded ice begins to float, whose ice flux depends strongly on local thickness. This meaning comes from Schoof (2007) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.[1]

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References

Schoof, C. (2007). Ice sheet grounding line dynamics: Steady states, stability, and hysteresis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 112(F3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2006jf000664

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