Observed latitudinal variations in erosion as a function of glacier dynamics

@article{Koppes2015ObservedLV,
  title={Observed latitudinal variations in erosion as a function of glacier dynamics},
  author={Mich{\`e}le Koppes and Bernard Hallet and E. Rignot and J{\'e}r{\'e}mie Mouginot and Julia S. Wellner and Katherine V. Boldt},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2015},
  volume={526},
  pages={100-103}
}
Glacial erosion is fundamental to our understanding of the role of Cenozoic-era climate change in the development of topography worldwide, yet the factors that control the rate of erosion by ice remain poorly understood. In many tectonically active mountain ranges, glaciers have been inferred to be highly erosive, and conditions of glaciation are used to explain both the marked relief typical of alpine settings and the limit on mountain heights above the snowline, that is, the glacial buzzsaw… Expand
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