Deformation in Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: measuring shear-wave anisotropy from icequakes

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Harland, S.R., Kendall, J.-M., Stuart, G.W., Lloyd, G.E., Baird, A.F., Smith, A.M., Pritchard, H.D., Brisbourne, A.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502070/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502070/1/Harland%20et%20al%202013.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG64A033

Ice streams provide major drainage pathways for the Antarctic ice sheet. The stress distribution and style of flow in such ice streams produce elastic and rheological anisotropy, which informs ice-flow modelling as to how ice masses respond to external changes such as global warming. Here we analyse...