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SUMMARY:Marine Ice Sheets - Prof. Grae Worster ( DAMTP\, University of Cam
 bridge)
DTSTART:20130204T203000Z
DTEND:20130204T213000Z
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CONTACT:Mary Fortune
DESCRIPTION:Melting of the great ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland ha
 s the potential to raise sea level significantly. Whereas many inland ice 
 sheets are controlled by a balance between accumulation of snow at high al
 titudes and melting at low altitudes\, marine ice sheets\, which flow into
  the ocean\, are controlled dynamically by the rate at which ice detaches 
 from the submarine bedrock along which it flows to form floating ice shelv
 es. Fundamental aspects of the flow of marine ice sheets can be understood
  using viscous fluid dynamics. I shall describe recent laboratory and math
 ematical studies of marine ice sheets\, which are helping us to understand
  what controls them from collapse.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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