Speedup and fracturing of George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: T. O. Holt, N. F. Glasser, D. J. Quincey, M. R. Siegfried
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; George VI Ice Shelf; South Ice; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-797-2013; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/797/2013/tc-7-797-2013.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/1d2298e5bb704bba94f0894d00fe281f

George VI Ice Shelf (GVIIS) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, a region where several ice shelves have undergone rapid breakup in response to atmospheric and oceanic warming. We use a combination of optical (Landsat), radar (ERS 1/2 SAR) and laser altimetry (GLAS) datasets to examine the respons...