Uppermost crustal structure regulates the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Jones, Glenn; G., A. M.; Kulessa, Bernd; Schimmel, M.; Berbellini, A.; Morelli, A.

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Uppermost crustal structure regulates the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Glenn Jones, A. M. G. Ferreira, Bernd Kulessa

, M. Schimmel, A. Berbellini, A. Morelli

Nature Communications, Volume: 12, Issue: 1

Swansea University Authors: Glenn Jones, Bernd Kulessa

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The flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet is controlled by subglacial processes and conditions that depend on the geological provenance and temperature of the crust beneath it, neither of which are adequately known. Here we present a seismic velocity model of the uppermost 5 km of the Greenlandic crust. W...

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Uppermost crustal structure regulates the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet

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