Rifting processes and ice-flow modulation observed on Mertz Glacier, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Lescarmontier, L., Legresy, B., Young, N. W., Coleman, R., Testut, L., Mayet, C., Lacroix, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Int Glaciol Soc 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic glaciology; calving; crevasses; glacier flow; glacier mechanics; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00489/60023/63276.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J028; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00489/60023/

We investigated the evolution of two major rifts cutting across Mertz Glacier Tongue, East Antarctica, using a combination of satellite images and 60 day sets of GPS data from two stations deployed either side of the western rift in 2007. The eastern rift began to open in the early 1990s, and the we...