Marine ice formation and deformation at the Southern McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Main Author: Koch, Inka
• Other Authors: Fitzsimons, Sean, Cullen, Nicolas
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; ice shelf; marine ice; microstructure; frazil ice; deformation; fabric; anisotropy; double diffusion; strain; oxygen isotopes; ice shelf dynamics; ice crystals; ice chemistry; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7901

Marine ice accretes at the base of ice shelves often infilling open structural weaknesses and is thus thought to increase ice shelf stability. However, marine ice formation and deformation processes still remain poorly understood. Through measurements of marine ice properties, this study indirectly...