Propagation of long fractures in the Ronne Ice Shelf investigated using a numerical model of fracture propagation
Long rifts near the front of the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, are observed to begin as fractures along the lateral boundaries of outlet streams feeding the shelf. These flaws eventually become the planes along which tabular icebergs calve. The fractures propagate laterally as they advect through the...
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PDXScholar
2010
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Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geology_fac/33 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=geology_fac |