Measurement of the Slip of a Glacier Past its Side Wall
Abstract The velocity of flow of a glacier was measured at two places where the ice margin had no moraine debris between clear ice and unfragmented rock. In one of these places the point at which the measurement was made was only about 1 m. from the solid rock. It was found that at both sites the ic...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000024230 2024-03-03T08:46:03+00:00 Measurement of the Slip of a Glacier Past its Side Wall Glen, J. W. 1958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000024230 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000024230 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 3, issue 23, page 188-193 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1958 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000024230 2024-02-08T08:42:50Z Abstract The velocity of flow of a glacier was measured at two places where the ice margin had no moraine debris between clear ice and unfragmented rock. In one of these places the point at which the measurement was made was only about 1 m. from the solid rock. It was found that at both sites the ice was flowing past the rock at a velocity of the same order of magnitude as the velocity of flow in the centre of the glacier in this region. Although conditions at the side of a glacier are not the same as at the bed, this large amount of slip is evidence for a high rate of slip all along the ice-rock interface, and this is in accordance with current ideas of the flow of ice below ice falls. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 3 23 188 193 |
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Abstract The velocity of flow of a glacier was measured at two places where the ice margin had no moraine debris between clear ice and unfragmented rock. In one of these places the point at which the measurement was made was only about 1 m. from the solid rock. It was found that at both sites the ice was flowing past the rock at a velocity of the same order of magnitude as the velocity of flow in the centre of the glacier in this region. Although conditions at the side of a glacier are not the same as at the bed, this large amount of slip is evidence for a high rate of slip all along the ice-rock interface, and this is in accordance with current ideas of the flow of ice below ice falls. |
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Measurement of the Slip of a Glacier Past its Side Wall |
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