Calving cycle of the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, driven by changes in ice shelf geometry

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. De Rydt, G. H. Gudmundsson, T. Nagler, J. Wuite
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Brunt Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2771-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2771/2019/tc-13-2771-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/f88276ff47184b5a8cbf66f33acb0049

Despite the potentially detrimental impact of large-scale calving events on the geometry and ice flow of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, little is known about the processes that drive rift formation prior to calving, or what controls the timing of these events. The Brunt Ice Shelf in East Antarctica presen...