Rapid fragmentation of thwaites eastern ice shelf

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  • who: The Cryosphere and collaborators from the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, AL, UK have published the research: Rapid fragmentation of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 10/Dec/2021
  • what: The authors focus on Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf (TEIS) remaining pinned floating extension of Thwaites Glacier. The authors show that TEIS has undergone a process of fragmentation in last 5 years including brittle failure along a major shear zone formation of tensile cracks on main body of shelf and a release of tabular bergs . . .

     

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