Propagation of long fractures in the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, investigated using a numerical model of fracture propagation

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 197, 2010, Pages 459-472

  Hulbe, Christina L ^a   LeDoux, Christine ^a   Cruikshank, Kenneth ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GLACIOLOGY; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS FIELD;

ANTARCTICA; RONNE ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77956979727     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310792447743     Document Type: Article

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