Modelling the response of ice shelf basal melting to different ocean cavity environmental regimes

David E. Gwyther; Eva A. Cougnon; Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi; Jason L. Roberts; John R. Hunter; Michael S. Dinniman

doi:10.1017/aog.2016.31

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