Catastrophic ice-shelf break-up by an ice-shelf-fragment-capsize mechanism

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue 164, 2003, Pages 22-36

  MacAyeal, Douglas R ^a   Scambos, Ted A ^b   Hulbe, Christina L ^c   Fahnestock, Mark A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; ICEBERG CALVING; MELTWATER; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHEET;

EID: 0346264695     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756503781830863     Document Type: Article

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