Vulnerability of the Ross Ice Shelf: Seismic Site Characterisation and Drilling Recommendation

• Main Author: van Haastrecht, Laurine Nathalie
• Other Authors: Gorman, Andrew, Ohneiser, Christian
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2017
• Subjects: seismic survey; Ross Ice Shelf; snow streamer; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; McMurdo Ice Shelf; South Pole; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7032

The Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) is the largest ice shelf in the world. It buttresses ice flow from both the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). Today the RIS does not appear to be retreating or advancing. Understanding what controls the ice shelf’s stability, and how it...