A novel method for predicting fracture in floating ice

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 216, 2013, Pages 750-758

  Logan, Liz ^a   Catania, Ginny ^a,b   Lavier, Luc ^a,b   Choi, Eunseo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREVASSE; FLOATING ICE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; ICEBERG; STRAIN RATE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; THWAITES GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84885441204     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J210     Document Type: Article

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