Dynamics of ice shelf rift propagation and iceberg calving inferred from geodetic and seismic observations

• Main Author: Bassis, Jeremy N.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2007
• Subjects: Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Greenland; Sever; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8hc8q0k5; http://n2t.net/ark:/20775/bb6417256q

Iceberg calving accounts for two thirds of the mass discharged from the cryosphere to the ocean. Despite the prominent role that iceberg calving plays in the mass balance of ice sheets and glaciers, it remains one of the most poorly understood glaciological processes. Iceberg calving is preceded by...