GPS and ApRES data relating to the growth of Chasm-1, Brunt Ice Shelf from 2016 to 2023 ...

• Main Authors: Marsh, Oliver, De Rydt, Jan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2025
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION"; "EARTH SCIENCE","TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION"; GPS; Halley VI; calving; ice shelf; velocity; Antarctic; Brunt Ice Shelf; Chasm; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/3d6fd5ae-e94d-4d0b-a5e9-5779ca84855e; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02038

The dataset consists of GPS data recorded from four sites close to Halley VI Research Station, plus ApRES data across the rift from 2017-2019. Both data types provide information on the width of an active rift propagating through the ice shelf. GPS sites advect with flow of the ice shelf, while ApRE...