Who used thermomechanical modelling to discover that basal temperatures of the Greenland Ice Sheet varied between the pressure melting point and -27oC?
Huybrechts (1996)
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Who found that temperatures at the tropics during the last glacial maximum were much lower than what sea surface reconstructions had suggested?
Bolch et al. (2013)
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Who found that the glaciers on Mt Baker didn't lose much mass from calving/avalanching?
Pelto (2015)
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What percentage did Larsen et al. (2015) find that calving contributed to the total mass loss in Alaskan glaciers by, between 1993 and 2013?
6%
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Who suggested that in Alaskan glaciers, most mass is lost in coastal regions?
Berthier et al. (2010)
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What is the density of glacier ice?
800-900kgm-3
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Who said that cold ice acts as a barrier preventing englacial drainage?
Hodgkins (1997)
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Where did Benn and Evans (2010) suggest that englacial drainage occurred in a cold based glacier?
Greenland Ice Sheet
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Who said water will flow along the steepest hydraulic gradient in a glacier?
Shreve (1972)
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Card 2
Front
Who found that temperatures at the tropics during the last glacial maximum were much lower than what sea surface reconstructions had suggested?
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Bolch et al. (2013)
Card 3
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Who found that the glaciers on Mt Baker didn't lose much mass from calving/avalanching?
Back
Card 4
Front
What percentage did Larsen et al. (2015) find that calving contributed to the total mass loss in Alaskan glaciers by, between 1993 and 2013?
Back
Card 5
Front
Who suggested that in Alaskan glaciers, most mass is lost in coastal regions?
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