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Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5117-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5117-2024
Research article
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13 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 13 Nov 2024

Sensitivity of the future evolution of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin ice sheet to grounding-line melt parameterizations

Yu Wang, Chen Zhao, Rupert Gladstone, Thomas Zwinger, Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi, and Poul Christoffersen

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Our research delves into the future evolution of Antarctica's Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB) and...
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