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ice shelf basal melting: a standalone construct

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Glaciology

melting of the underside of floating ice shelves by ocean heat, a main pathway of Antarctic mass loss.

In glaciology, ice shelf basal melting refers to melting of the underside of floating ice shelves by ocean heat, a main pathway of Antarctic mass loss. This meaning comes from Rignot (2013) in Science.[1]

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References

Rignot, E., Jacobs, S., Mouginot, J., & Scheuchl, B. (2013). Ice-Shelf Melting Around Antarctica. Science, 341(6143), 266-270. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1235798

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