The grounding zone of the Ekström Ice Shelf, East Antarctica – Geophysical characterization using GNSS, seismology and magnetotellurics

• Main Authors: Fromm, T., Ritter, O., Weckmann, U., Heidrich-Meisner, K., Scheinert, M., Fofonova, V.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Ekström Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5016386

Antarctica’s ice shelves are a highly critical component for the interlinkage between ice sheet and ocean. Their shape and evolution play an important role for the strength of ice mass loss, e.g. by amplification or weakening of the buttressing effect. Ocean tides are the most important direct force...