Velocities of the Amery Ice Shelf's primary tributary glaciers, 2004–12

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Pittard, M.L., Roberts, J.L., Watson, C.S., Galton-Fenzi, B.K., Warner, R.C., Coleman, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Mellor; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102015000231; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102015000231

Abstract Monitoring the rate of ice flow into ice shelves is vital to understanding how, where and when mass changes occur in Antarctica. Previous observations of ice surface velocity indicate that the Amery Ice Shelf and tributary glaciers have been relatively stable over the period 1968 to 1999. T...