Numerical modelling of ice shelf dynamics

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Determann, Jürgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102091000226; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102091000226

By considering the basic stress equations for a unit volume of ice, a set of differential equations describing ice shelf flow is derived. In view of the lack of basal shear stresses at the bottom of ice shelf a model simulation which is restricted to the horizontal dimensions will not imply substant...