Ice shelf history determined from deformation styles in surface debris

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Glasser, Neil F., Holt, Tom, Fleming, Ed, Stevenson, Carl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarctic Science; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102014000376; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102014000376

Abstract This paper presents InSAR-derived ice shelf velocities and observations of surface debris deformation on the McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS). Ice shelf velocities show that the MIS has a low surface velocity, with debris-laden parts of the ice shelf in the area known as the ‘swirls’ averaging speed...