Ice shelf disintegration by plate bending and hydro-fracture: Satellite observations and model results of the 2008 Wilkins ice shelf break-ups

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Scambos, Ted, Fricker, Helen Amanda, Liu, Cheng-Chien, Bohlander, Jennifer, Fastook, James, Sargent, Aitbala, Massom, Robert, Wu, An-Ming
• Other Authors: Department of Earth Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: Antarctica; ice shelves; Wilkins ice shelf; climate change; Formosat-2; ice modeling; ice shelf break-up; Wilkins; Wilkins Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.027; http://ir.lib.ncku.edu.tw/handle/987654321/86720

Satellite remote sensing observations of three break-up events in 2008 for the Wilkins Ice Shelf (28 February to 6 March, 27 May to 31 May, and 28 June to mid-July) provide unprecedented detail of ice shelf calving during rapid break-up. The observations reveal that the Wilkins break-ups occur throu...