An investigation into the forces that drive ice-shelf rift propagation on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Bassis, JN, Fricker, HA, Coleman, R, Minster, JB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: ice-shelf rift propagation; Amery Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; glaciology; Amery; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8440/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8440/1/Bassis_etal_JGlac_2008.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/002214308784409116

ABSTRACT. For three field seasons (2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06) we have deployed a network of GPS receivers and seismometers around the tip of a propagating rift on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. During these campaigns we detected seven bursts of episodic rift propagation. To determine whether...