Instability of a Calving Glacier Terminus
Abstract An unstable situation can develop when a calving glacier (one that ends in water but is still grounded throughout) terminates on a shoal. This instability is largely a consequence of continuity and the extending flow which occurs up-glacier of the shoal. Whenever the calving-rate exceeds th...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1979
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000015124 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000015124 |
| Summary: | Abstract An unstable situation can develop when a calving glacier (one that ends in water but is still grounded throughout) terminates on a shoal. This instability is largely a consequence of continuity and the extending flow which occurs up-glacier of the shoal. Whenever the calving-rate exceeds the ice velocity the ice front will start to retreat; the rate of retreat is accentuated by the extending flow and the front continues to retreat at an increasing rate. |
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