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marine ice cliff instability: a standalone construct

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Glaciology

the proposed runaway retreat of ice cliffs taller than they can mechanically support once buttressing ice shelves are lost.

In glaciology, marine ice cliff instability refers to the proposed runaway retreat of ice cliffs taller than they can mechanically support once buttressing ice shelves are lost. This meaning comes from Pollard (2015) in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.[1]

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References

Pollard, D., DeConto, R. M., & Alley, R. B. (2015). Potential Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by hydrofracturing and ice cliff failure. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 412, 112-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.12.035

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