George VI Ice Shelf: past history, present behaviour and potential mechanisms for future collapse

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Smith, James A., Bentley, Michael J., Hodgson, Dominic A., Cook, Alison J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic Science; George VI Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102007000193; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102007000193

George VI Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, covering a total area of 25 000 km 2 . The northern ice front of George VI Ice Shelf presently marks the southernmost occurrence of recent ice-shelf retreat on the Antarctic Peninsula and according to some pre...