Ice-shelf fracture due to viscoelastic flexure stress induced by fill/drain cycles of supraglacial lakes

• Main Authors: Banwell, AF, MacAyeal, DR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
• Subjects: Antarctica; hydrofracture; ice-shelf instability; melt ponds; viscoelasticity; Antarctic; Single Lake; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/248979

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Using a previously derived treatment of viscoelastic flexure of floating ice shelves, we simulated multiple years of evolution of a single, axisymmetric supraglacial lake when it is subjected to annual fill/drain cycles. Our viscoelastic tre...