Seismicity and deformation associated with ice-shelf rift propagation

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Bassis, JN, Fricker, HA, Coleman, R, Bock, Y, Behrens, J, Darnell, D, Okal, M, Minster, JB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2007
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3189/002214307784409207; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/48588

Previous observations have shown that rift propagation on the Amery Ice Shelf (AIS), East Antarctica, is episodic, occurring in bursts of several hours with typical recurrence times of several weeks. Propagation events were deduced from seismic swarms (detected with seismometers) concurrent with rap...