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Breaking of Larsen C from Antarctica


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1 Advanced Microwave and Hyperspectral Technique Development Group, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
 

A huge portion of the Larsen C ice shelf (~50,000 km2) in Antarctic Peninsula calved away to an iceberg of area ~6,200 km2 between 10 and 12 July 2017. Larsen C is the fourth largest ice shelf in Antarctica, after Filchner-Ronne, Ross and Amery ice shelves. Unusual rift propagation at Larsen C ice shelf has excited the scientific community during the last six months. The calved area is ~1.6 times the area of Goa and ~4 times the area of Delhi.
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Authors

P. Jayaprasad
Advanced Microwave and Hyperspectral Technique Development Group, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Touseef Ahmad
Advanced Microwave and Hyperspectral Technique Development Group, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Saroj Maity
Advanced Microwave and Hyperspectral Technique Development Group, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Arundhati Misra
Advanced Microwave and Hyperspectral Technique Development Group, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad 380 015, India

Abstract


A huge portion of the Larsen C ice shelf (~50,000 km2) in Antarctic Peninsula calved away to an iceberg of area ~6,200 km2 between 10 and 12 July 2017. Larsen C is the fourth largest ice shelf in Antarctica, after Filchner-Ronne, Ross and Amery ice shelves. Unusual rift propagation at Larsen C ice shelf has excited the scientific community during the last six months. The calved area is ~1.6 times the area of Goa and ~4 times the area of Delhi.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi05%2F961-962