GPS-derived strain rates on an active ice shelf rift

• Main Authors: Janssen, V, Coleman, R, Bassis, JN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: 291000 Geomatic Engineering; 291001 Geodesy; 260115 Glaciology; GPS; strain rates; ice shelf rifting; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Amery; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/1466/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/1466/1/Janssen_etal_2009_Survey_Review_journal_version.pdf; http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/sre

Ice shelves are important components of the Antarctic ice sheet due to their ice-ocean-atmosphere interface and vulnerability to global increases (or decreases) in atmospheric and oceanic temperatures. The development of rifts, which are fractures that penetrate through the entire ice shelf thicknes...