Before and after Breakup of Zachariæ Isstrøm Ice Shelf (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

Before and after Breakup of Zachariæ Isstrøm Ice Shelf

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This is radar depth-sounder data from before and after the breakup of the Zachariæ Isstrøm ice shelf. The green line reveals the ice bottom, and loss of ice between 1999-2014. The white line represents hydrostatic equilibrium estimates of the ice bottom.

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KU News Service | University of Kansas

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