Tensile strength of glacial ice deduced from observations of the 2015 eastern Skaftá cauldron collapse, Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland
Published in Journal of Glaciology, 2020
Recommended citation: Ultee, L., Meyer, C. R. and Minchew, B. M. (2020). "Tensile strength of glacial ice deduced from observations of the 2015 eastern Skaftá cauldron collapse, Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland." Journal of Glaciology FirstView. doi:10.1017/jog.2020.65 http://ehultee.github.io/files/jog-2020_65.pdf
We need to understand when ice is likely to break to ensure accuracy in the computer models we use to predict future ice loss. Estimates of the strength of ice under tension (pulling apart) are different at different scales. Here, we study the sudden draining of an “ice cauldron” to examine crevasses forming at natural scale on a glacier.