JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 107, NO. 0, 10.1029/2000JB000058, JANUARY 2002

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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Characterization of Antarctic Shelf Ice
3. Experimental Approach

3.1. Fracture of Ice
3.2. Experimental Fracture Mechanics of Ice
3.3. Experimental Procedure

4. Experimental Results
5. Ice Shelf Fracture Mechanics

5.1. Stress Intensity Factors Associated With Crevassing
5.2. Basal Crevasses on the Ronne Ice Shelf
5.3. Surface Crevassing

6. Summary and Conclusions
7. Appendix A
8. Acknowledgments
References
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Tables

Table 1. Borehole Sites
Table 2. Crevasse Field Data and Associated Computed Back Stresses

Citation: Rist, M. A., P. R. Sammonds, H. Oerter, and C. S. M. Doake, Fracture of Antarctic shelf ice, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B1), 10.1029/2000JB000058, 2002.