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On the Multiscale Dynamics of the Arctic Sea-Ice Pack

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: Key points• Sea-ice multiscale dynamics are governed by displacement along a fractal network of fractures.• Energy is transferred across scales by elastic stress concentration along the fracture network, not by a turbulent-like cascade.• Our phenomenological fracture-based model of sea ice yields a Gutenberg-Richter b-value of 1.1, close to Earth's crust.

DOI: 10.22541/essoar.15005340/v2

Authors: Romain Caneill, Pierre Rampal, Mickael Bourgoin, David Marsan, Jérôme Weiss

Institutions: Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Sciences de la Terre

Language: English

Topic: Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7167739408

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