The structure and effect of suture zones in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: McGrath, D, Steffen, K, Holland, PR, Scambos, T, Rajaram, H, Abdalati, W, Rignot, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Churchill Peninsula; Cole peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4158p0f9

Ice shelf fractures frequently terminate where they encounter suture zones, regions of material heterogeneity that form between meteoric inflows in ice shelves. This heterogeneity can consist of marine ice, meteoric ice with modified rheological properties, or the presence of fractures. Here, we use...