An equatorward force acting on large floating ice masses: Polfluchtkraft
ABSTRACT This study reviews the effects of a force acting upon ice shelves and icebergs arising from the oblateness of the Earth's geoid and the displacement between the center of mass and the center of buoyancy for an object floating on water. The force has been introduced earlier as Polflucht...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/aog.2017.17 2024-06-09T07:38:30+00:00 An equatorward force acting on large floating ice masses: Polfluchtkraft Engelhardt, Hermann Engelhardt, Michael 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.17 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0260305517000179 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Annals of Glaciology volume 58, issue 74, page 144-151 ISSN 0260-3055 1727-5644 journal-article 2017 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.17 2024-05-15T13:13:27Z ABSTRACT This study reviews the effects of a force acting upon ice shelves and icebergs arising from the oblateness of the Earth's geoid and the displacement between the center of mass and the center of buoyancy for an object floating on water. The force has been introduced earlier as Polfluchtkraft or ‘pole-fleeing force’ by Alfred Wegener and others in the context of continental drift, but it is here applied to floating ice for the first time. It propels icebergs towards the equator, but also tugs on ice shelves making them more likely to break apart in a warming climate with possible consequences for the entire ice sheet. Article in Journal/Newspaper Annals of Glaciology Ice Sheet Ice Shelves Cambridge University Press Annals of Glaciology 58 74 144 151 |
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ABSTRACT This study reviews the effects of a force acting upon ice shelves and icebergs arising from the oblateness of the Earth's geoid and the displacement between the center of mass and the center of buoyancy for an object floating on water. The force has been introduced earlier as Polfluchtkraft or ‘pole-fleeing force’ by Alfred Wegener and others in the context of continental drift, but it is here applied to floating ice for the first time. It propels icebergs towards the equator, but also tugs on ice shelves making them more likely to break apart in a warming climate with possible consequences for the entire ice sheet. |
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An equatorward force acting on large floating ice masses: Polfluchtkraft |
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