Glaciology: Ice-sheet advance in Antarctica

Fabien Gillet-Chaulet (1) , Gaël Durand (2)

1 EDGe
2 LGGE - Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement

Reliable forecasts of sea-level rise depend on accurately modelling the dynamics of polar ice sheets. A numerical framework that better reflects ice-sheet basal drag adds greater realism to such models.

Domaines: Glaciologie

Fabien Gillet-Chaulet, Gaël Durand. Glaciology: Ice-sheet advance in Antarctica. Nature, 2010, 467, pp.794-795. ⟨10.1038/467794A⟩. ⟨hal-00561267⟩