RAPID: Observing the Disintegration of the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf

• Main Authors: Erin Pettit, Ted Scambos, Martin Truffer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Scar Inlet; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7914/sn/1t_2015; https://www.fdsn.org/networks/detail/1T_2015/

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.