Hydraulic properties of subglacial sediment determined from the mechanical response of water-filled boreholes

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Waddington, Brian S., Clarke, Garry K. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1995
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Trapridge Glacier; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000017810; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000017810

Abstract Freezing of water-filled boreholes drives water into the subglacial bed and the associated pressure effects yield information about subglacial hydraulic properties. A numerical model describing the mechanical response of an unconnected borehole and the bed beneath it to this freezing forcin...