RAPID: Observing the Disintegration of the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf

This is a short deployment project intended to study the weakening and disintegration of the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. We will be measuring the state of the ice shelf and monitoring its movement on short timescales in anticipation for a possible disintegration event in Februar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Erin Pettit, Ted Scambos, Martin Truffer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks 2015
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.7914/sn/1t_2015
https://www.fdsn.org/networks/detail/1T_2015/
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Summary:This is a short deployment project intended to study the weakening and disintegration of the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. We will be measuring the state of the ice shelf and monitoring its movement on short timescales in anticipation for a possible disintegration event in February 2016. We request up to 3 temporary broad band seismometers, which we will deploy for <4 weeks at 200HZ. Although not part of this project, collaborating projects maintain and deploy the longer term seismic network in teh area that will help us analyze our short term data. Matt King, specifically, is leading a project to maintain a longer term seismic and GPS network in the area.