Investigating Brittle-Ice Behavior and Onset in Antarctic Ice Cores in Preparation for the Hercules Dome Ice Core Project

Samantha Barnett1, John M Fegyveresi1, Richard B Alley2, Michael Elliot Smith3 and Joan J Fitzpatrick4, (1)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University, Geosciences, and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, School of Earth and Sustainability, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (4)USGS, Denver, CO, United States