Vol. 31 | 2014

Mass loss from an ice-sheet drainage basin in West Greenland

RESEARCH ARTICLE | SHORT
Published June 25, 2014
Morten L Andersen
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Signe B Andersen
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Lars Stenseng
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Henriette Skourup
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William Colgan
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Steen S Kristensen
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John P Merryman Boncori
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Andreas P Ahlstrøm
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Xavier Fettweis
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René Forsberg
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Michele Citterio
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Jason E Box
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Dirk van As
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Robert S Fausto
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RESEARCH ARTICLE | SHORT
Published June 25, 2014
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Copyright (c) 2014 Morten L Andersen, Signe B Andersen, Lars Stenseng, Henriette Skourup, William Colgan, Steen S Kristensen, John P Merryman Boncori, Andreas P Ahlstrøm, Xavier Fettweis, René Forsberg, Michele Citterio, Jason E Box, Dirk van As, Robert S Fausto

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GEUS Bulletin is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). This article is distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence, permitting free redistribution and reproduction for any purpose, even commercial, provided proper citation of the original work. Author(s) retain copyright over the article contents. Read the full open access policy.

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The Greenland ice sheet is losing mass to the ocean at an increasing rate (Thomas et al. 2006). During the 1980s the ice sheet was believed to be in near-equilibrium (van den Broeke et al. 2009). Within the first decade of the 21st century, however, a net negative balance was observed. Greenland’s present rate of ice loss is c. 250 Gt yr–1, equivalent to a sea-level rise contribution of c. 0.69 mm yr–1. The rate of ice loss has increased over the post 1992 observation period (Shepherd et al. 2012).

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Copyright (c) 2014 Morten L Andersen, Signe B Andersen, Lars Stenseng, Henriette Skourup, William Colgan, Steen S Kristensen, John P Merryman Boncori, Andreas P Ahlstrøm, Xavier Fettweis, René Forsberg, Michele Citterio, Jason E Box, Dirk van As, Robert S Fausto

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

GEUS Bulletin is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). This article is distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence, permitting free redistribution and reproduction for any purpose, even commercial, provided proper citation of the original work. Author(s) retain copyright over the article contents. Read the full open access policy.

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