Piezometric Observations of Water Pressure at the Bed of Swiss Glaciers
Abstract A technique for drilling deep holes with a hot-water jet has been developed in recent years at our institute (Iken and others, [1977]). The holes have served to investigate the water pressure at the bed of various Swiss glaciers since 1973. Drainage occurred naturally in rare cases when the...
Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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Main Authors: | , , |
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/s0022143000030197 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000030197 |