Investigating tidal flexure on an ice shelf using kinematic GPS

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Author: Vaughan, David G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Glaciological Society 1994
• Subjects: Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517525/; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756494794587375

The positions of ice-stream grounding zones are uniquely sensitive to changes in the mass balance of the ice sheet. Present methods for locating groundingzone features are either imprecise or require considerable effort in interpretation and so are of little value for change studies. We present a ne...