Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions
We study the presence and effect of subglacial water on the motion of the inland ice in western Dronning Maud Land. A full-Stokes model including three routing schemes for a thin film of subglacial water and a modification of a Weertman-type sliding relation to account for higher sliding velocities...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:35753 2023-05-15T13:40:26+02:00 Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions Kleiner, Thomas Humbert, Angelika 2014-04 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35753/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35753/1/s2.pdf http://www.igsoc.org/journal/60/220/t13J006.html https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43683 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43683.d001 unknown INT GLACIOL SOC https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35753/1/s2.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43683.d001 Kleiner, T. orcid:0000-0001-7825-5765 and Humbert, A. (2014) Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions , Journal of Glaciology, 60 (220), pp. 215-232 . doi:10.3189/2014JoG13J006 <https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J006> , hdl:10013/epic.43683 EPIC3Journal of Glaciology, INT GLACIOL SOC, 60(220), pp. 215-232, ISSN: 0022-1430 Article isiRev 2014 ftawi https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J006 2021-12-24T15:39:38Z We study the presence and effect of subglacial water on the motion of the inland ice in western Dronning Maud Land. A full-Stokes model including three routing schemes for a thin film of subglacial water and a modification of a Weertman-type sliding relation to account for higher sliding velocities under wet basal conditions were used to perform 200 ka spin-up simulations on a 2.5 km grid. Subsequent 30 ka simulations with wet and dry basal conditions were analysed for the effects of sliding on the thermal regime and velocities. The occurrence of the major ice streams in this area is mainly controlled by the ice and bedrock geometry. Smaller glaciers only appear as pronounced individual glaciers, when subglacial water is taken into account. The thermal regime is affected by creep instabilities produced by an ice rheology including a microscopic water content, leading to a cyclic behaviour on millennial time scales of the ice flow and occurrence of temperate ice at the base. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Journal of Glaciology Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Dronning Maud Land Weertman ENVELOPE(-67.753,-67.753,-66.972,-66.972) Journal of Glaciology 60 220 215 232 |
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We study the presence and effect of subglacial water on the motion of the inland ice in western Dronning Maud Land. A full-Stokes model including three routing schemes for a thin film of subglacial water and a modification of a Weertman-type sliding relation to account for higher sliding velocities under wet basal conditions were used to perform 200 ka spin-up simulations on a 2.5 km grid. Subsequent 30 ka simulations with wet and dry basal conditions were analysed for the effects of sliding on the thermal regime and velocities. The occurrence of the major ice streams in this area is mainly controlled by the ice and bedrock geometry. Smaller glaciers only appear as pronounced individual glaciers, when subglacial water is taken into account. The thermal regime is affected by creep instabilities produced by an ice rheology including a microscopic water content, leading to a cyclic behaviour on millennial time scales of the ice flow and occurrence of temperate ice at the base. |
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Kleiner, Thomas Humbert, Angelika Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions |
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Kleiner, Thomas Humbert, Angelika |
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Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions |
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Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions |
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Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions |
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Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions |
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Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions |
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numerical simulations of major ice streams in western dronning maud land, antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions |
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INT GLACIOL SOC |
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2014 |
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Antarc* Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Journal of Glaciology |
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Antarc* Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Journal of Glaciology |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35753/1/s2.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43683.d001 Kleiner, T. orcid:0000-0001-7825-5765 and Humbert, A. (2014) Numerical simulations of major ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, under wet and dry basal conditions , Journal of Glaciology, 60 (220), pp. 215-232 . doi:10.3189/2014JoG13J006 <https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J006> , hdl:10013/epic.43683 |
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