Calving giant icebergs: old principles, new applications

Earth-orbiting satellites can now monitor calving of large icebergs from ice shelves bordering the marine West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and recent calving events have stimulated interest in calving mechanisms. To advance this interest pioneering work in brittle and ductile fracture mechanics is reviewed...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Kenneally, J.P., Hughes, T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctic Science
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelves
Iceberg*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000459
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102006000459 2024-04-28T07:58:58+00:00 Calving giant icebergs: old principles, new applications Kenneally, J.P. Hughes, T. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000459 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102006000459 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 18, issue 3, page 409-419 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 Geology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2006 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000459 2024-04-09T06:56:11Z Earth-orbiting satellites can now monitor calving of large icebergs from ice shelves bordering the marine West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and recent calving events have stimulated interest in calving mechanisms. To advance this interest pioneering work in brittle and ductile fracture mechanics is reviewed, leading to a new application to calving of giant icebergs from Antarctic ice shelves. The aim is to view iceberg calving as more than terminal events for Antarctic ice when glaciologists lose interest. Instead calving launches Antarctic ice into the larger dynamic system of Earth's climate machine. This encourages a holistic approach to glaciology. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Ice Sheet Ice Shelves Iceberg* Cambridge University Press Antarctic Science 18 3 409 419
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Kenneally, J.P.
Hughes, T.
Calving giant icebergs: old principles, new applications
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
description Earth-orbiting satellites can now monitor calving of large icebergs from ice shelves bordering the marine West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and recent calving events have stimulated interest in calving mechanisms. To advance this interest pioneering work in brittle and ductile fracture mechanics is reviewed, leading to a new application to calving of giant icebergs from Antarctic ice shelves. The aim is to view iceberg calving as more than terminal events for Antarctic ice when glaciologists lose interest. Instead calving launches Antarctic ice into the larger dynamic system of Earth's climate machine. This encourages a holistic approach to glaciology.
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title_full_unstemmed Calving giant icebergs: old principles, new applications
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