Viscous and viscoelastic stress states at the calving front of Antarctic ice shelves

Calving mechanisms are still poorly understood and stress states in the vicinity of ice-shelf fronts are insufficiently known for the development of physically motivated calving laws that match observations. A calving model requires the knowledge of maximum tensile stresses. These stresses depend on...

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Main Authors: Julia Christmann, Carolin Plate, Ralf Müller, Angelika Humbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2016-09-01
Series:Annals of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305516000185/type/journal_article