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Revealing the former bed of Thwaites Glacier using sea-floor bathymetry: implications for warm-water routing and bed controls on ice flow and buttressing
Robert D. Larter
Alastair G. C. Graham
Robert Arthern
James D. Kirkham
Rebecca L. Totten
Tom A. Jordan
Rachel Clark
Victoria Fitzgerald
Anna K. Wåhlin
John B. Anderson
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Frank O. Nitsche
Lauren Simkins
James A. Smith
Karsten Gohl
Jan Erik Arndt
Jongkuk Hong
Julia Wellner
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