Collapse of the Larson Ice Shelf: Cause for Concern or a Natural Process?

• Main Author: Turner, Sam
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Larsen Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14035

Temperature rise during the last 30 years has coincided with the disintegration of several ice shelves on the AntalTtic Peninsula. In recent years the retreat and rapid collapse of these shelves has raised questions and debate on the sensitivity of ice shelves to climate change and the role of ice s...