On the interpretation of ice-shelf flexure measurements

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: ROSIER, SEBASTIAN H. R., MARSH, OLIVER J., RACK, WOLFGANG, GUDMUNDSSON, G. HILMAR, WILD, CHRISTIAN T., RYAN, MICHELLE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2017
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.44; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143017000442

ABSTRACT Tidal flexure in ice shelf grounding zones has been used extensively in the past to determine grounding line position and ice properties. Although the rheology of ice is viscoelastic at tidal loading frequencies, most modelling studies have assumed some form of linear elastic beam approxima...