Rethinking ice sheet time scales

被引：30

作者：

Truffer, Martin ^{[1
]}

Fahnestock, Mark

机构：

[1] Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Inst Geophys, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA

[2] Univ New Hampshire, Inst Study Earth Oceans & Space, Durham, NH 03824 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 2007年 / 315卷 / 5818期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1140469

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Satellite data show that ice sheets can change much faster than commonly appreciated, with potentially worrying implications for their stability.

引用

页码：1508 / 1510

页数：3

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