The structure and effect of suture zones in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 588-602

  McGrath, Daniel ^a   Steffen, Konrad ^b,c,d   Holland, Paul R ^e   Scambos, Ted ^a   Rajaram, Harihar ^f   Abdalati, Waleed ^a   Rignot, Eric ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UCB 450   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

fracture; GPR; ice shelves; suture zone

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; FRACTURE; FREEZING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HETEROGENEITY; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; ICEBERG CALVING; MELTING; RHEOLOGY; SEA ICE; SUTURE ZONE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84898684138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002935     Document Type: Article

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