I heard a talk from a structural glaciologist suggestiong that the "domino" mechanism for the abrupt breakup was unanticipated. It has since been looked for and found in large icebergs.
It was the abruptness that was, as I understood it, quite unexpected at the time. mt On 6/27/06, William M Connolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Michael Tobis wrote: > > Recall that the Larsen B breakup was a complete surprise to glaciologists. > > No, not a complete surprise. In fact, somewhat expected. But the timing was > unknown. > > -W. > > William M Connolley | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/wmc/ > Climate Modeller, British Antarctic Survey | (01223) 221479 > If I haven't seen further, it's because giants were standing on my shoulders > > -- > This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject > to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any > reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under > the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic > records management system. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
