Collaborative Research: In Situ Borehole Measurements To Partition The Velocity Of The Greenland Ice Sheet Into Ice Deformation And Basal Sliding Components, 2014-2017

• Main Authors: Joel Harper, Toby Meierbachtol
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: ice deformation; ice motion; temperature; borehole; Greenland; water pressure; Antarctic; Isunnguata Sermia; Antarc*; Collaborative Research: In Situ Borehole Measurements To Partition The Velocity Of The Greenland Ice Sheet Into Ice Deformation And Basal Sliding Components; glacier; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:056abd54-e91b-4c9f-a36a-5adb9db15175

Sliding of an ice mass along its basal boundary is a fundamental component of motion where bed conditions are wet. Estimates of basal sliding generally result from an inverse analysis of observed surface motion using a model assuming Glen's generalized constitutive law for isotropic ice. Eviden...