Episodic propagation of a rift on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Bassis, J N ^a   Coleman, R ^b,c   Fricker, H A ^a   Minster, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ICE; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE RIFTS; AMERY ICE SHELF; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS; SEISMICITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; ICE SHELF; RIFTING;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 20044381515     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022048     Document Type: Article

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