The fracture of ice on scales large and small: Arctic leads and wing cracks
Open Access
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by International Glaciological Society in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 37 (127) , 319-322
- https://doi.org/10.3189/s0022143000005748
Abstract
From observations and calculations of crack patterns in ice, it is suggested that a similar mechanism may account for cracking over a wide range of scales.Keywords
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