Basal Water Film, Basal Water Pressure, and Velocity of Traveling Waves on Glaciers

Abstract The theory of Nye and of Weertman of traveling waves on glaciers is extended to cover the situation where the presence of abundant basal water or increased basal water pressure produces increased sliding of a glacier over its bed. It is found that the ratio of traveling-wave velocity to sur...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Weertman, J., Birchfield, G. E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1983
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000005116
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000005116