Fracturing and deformation along the Amery Ice Shelf

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2581 See the link below for public details on this project. The break-up of Antarctic ice shelves has highlighted the need for a better understanding of the dominant fracture processes occurring within the ice shelves and whether there is any link to climat...

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Other Authors: COLEMAN, RICHARD (hasPrincipalInvestigator), COLEMAN, RICHARD (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
geoscientificInformation
inlandWaters
oceans
ICE SHEETS
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
GPS
Amery Ice Shelf
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA &gt
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Amery
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Shelf
Ice Shelves
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/fracturing-deformation-amery-ice-shelf/699954
https://doi.org/10.4225/15/574BC598BD783
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2581
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2581 See the link below for public details on this project. The break-up of Antarctic ice shelves has highlighted the need for a better understanding of the dominant fracture processes occurring within the ice shelves and whether there is any link to climate variability. Using a combination of in-situ (GPS, seismic) and satellite (optical and radar imagery, synthetic aperture radar (SAR)) measurements and airborne ice radar measurements, we will quantify the deformation and fracture processes in different regions on the Amery Ice Shelf, leading to improved fracture mechanics models. GPS measurements were taken across large crevasses in the shear margins on the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf, north of Gillock Is. These measurements will give us an opportunity to measure the three dimensional deformation across active fracture zones, leading to a better understanding of fracture processes on ice shelves. Three GPS networks, each network consisting of 4 GPS units in a quadrilateral shape, were measured over the period 17-28 Jan, 2007. These data will be processed during 2007 to compute the deformation and strain across and within the crevassed areas.

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