Articles | Volume 6, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-973-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-973-2012
Research article
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12 Sep 2012
Research article |  | 12 Sep 2012

Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations

C. Plate, R. Müller, A. Humbert, and D. Gross

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