Compressive shear faults within arctic sea ice: Fracture on scales large and small

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Schulson, Erland M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; Compressive faults; Fracture

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; SEA ICE; SHEAR;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 4744341222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002108     Document Type: Article

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