Dotson Ice Shelf
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Dotson Ice Shelf in east of map
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Dotson Ice Shelf in west of map
Further reading
- David A. Lilien, Ian Joughin, Benjamin Smith, and David E. Shean, Changes in flow of Crosson and Dotson ice shelves, West Antarctica, in response to elevated melt, The Cryosphere, 12, 1415–1431, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1415-2018
- Goldberg, D. N., Gourmelen, N., Kimura, S., Millan, R., & Snow, K., How Accurately Should We Model Ice Shelf Melt Rates? Template:Webarchive, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 189–199. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080383
References
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