© 2009 Survey Review Ltd. 14 DOI 10. 1179/003962608X389979 GPS-DERIVED STRAIN RATES ON AN ACTIVE ICE SHELF RIFT

• Main Authors: V. Janssen, R. Coleman, J. N. Bassis
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.588.9127; http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1466/1/Janssen_etal_2009_Survey_Review_journal_version.pdf

Ice shelves are important components of the Antarctic ice sheet due to their ice-ocean-atmosphere interface and vulnerability to global increases (or decreases) in atmospheric and oceanic temperatures. The development of rifts, which are fractures that penetrate through the entire ice shelf thicknes...