Ice Shelf Infographic (IMAGE)

Rice University

Ice Shelf Infographic

Caption

This infographic depicts a grounded ice sheet (right), floating ice shelf (center) and open sea that is partially covered by ice (left). The isotope beryllium-10 (10Be) forms in the atmosphere and does not fall to the seafloor beneath ice shelves or ice sheets.

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L. Simkins/Rice University

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