A novel method for predicting fracture in floating ice

• Main Authors: Liz Logan, Ginny Catania, Luc Lavier, Eunseo Choi
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ross Ice Shelf; Siple; Siple Coast; Thwaites Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1080.4446; http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/echoi2/publist/Logan_et_al-2013-Journal_of_Glaciology.pdf

ABSTRACT. Basal crevasses may play an important precursory role in determining both the location and propagation of rifts and iceberg dimensions. For example, icebergs calved recently from Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica, have the same width as surface undulations, strengthening the connection between...