Observed rift propagation in the Larsen C Ice Shelf and future calving front stability

• Main Authors: Jansen, Daniela, Luckman, Adrian J., Cook, Alison, Bevan, Suzanne, Kulessa, Bernd, Hubbard, Bryn, O'Leary, Martin, Holland, Paul R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/38757/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46070

The Larsen C Ice Shelf is the most northerly of the remaining major Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves and is vulnerable to changes in both to ocean and atmospheric forcing. It is the largest ice shelf in the region and its loss would lead to a significant drawdown of ice from the Antarctic Peninsula I...