Recent rift formation and impact on the structural integrity of the Brunt Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: de Rydt, Jan, Gudmundsson, Hilmar, Nagler, Thomas, Wuite, Jan, King, Edward
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2018
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Brunt Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; McDonald Ice Rumples; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34470/; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-505-2018; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34470/1/De%20Rydt%20et%20al%20-%20Recent%20rift%20formation%20and%20impact%20on%20the%20structural%20integrity%20of%20the%20Brunt%20Ice%20Shelf,%20East%20Antarctica%20OA.pdf

We report on the recent reactivation of a large rift in the Brunt Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, in December 2012 and the formation of a 50-km long new rift in October 2016. Observations from a suite of ground-based and remote sensing instruments between January 2000 and July 2017 were used to track pr...