Some Comments on Glacier Flow
Abstract Drs. Orowan and Perutz have shown that glacier ice does not behave as a viscous fluid but is plastic like all crystalline materials. The present author discusses two observed types of ice flow:—(1) the normal, regular streaming flow in slow-moving glaciers; (2) Block-Schollen * movement in...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1950
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000012600 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000012600 |