Tidal bending and strand cracks at the Kamb Ice Stream grounding line, West Antarctica
An extensive set of shore-parallel fractures are observed at the grounding line of Kamb Ice Stream (KIS) in West Antarctica. Seismicity measured in the grounding zone is, as elsewhere around Antarctica, tidally forced and moreover strand cracks propagate nearly exclusively on the falling tide. Measu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143016000745/type/journal_article |