Experimental and theoretical fracture mechanics applied to Antarctic ice fracture and surface crevassing

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Rist, M. A., Sammonds, P. R., Murrell, S. A. F., Meredith, P. G., Doake, C. S. M., Oerter, H., Matsuki, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; ice core; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503773/; https://doi.org/10.1029/1998JB900026

Recent disintegration of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula has highlighted the need for a better understanding of ice shelf fracture processes generally. In this paper we present a fracture criterion, incorporating new experimental fracture data, coupled with an ice shelf flow model to predict...