Mechanical and hydrologic basis for the rapid motion of a large tidewater glacier 2. Interpretation

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Kamb, Barclay, Engelhardt, Hermann, Fahnestock, Mark, Humphrey, Neil, Meier, Mark, Stone, Dan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1994
• Subjects: Meier; glacier; Tidewater; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/94JB00467

The data presented in part 1 of this paper (Meier et al., this issue) are here used to assess the role of water input/output, water storage, and basal water pressure in the rapid movement of Columbia Glacier, Alaska. Consistently high basal water pressures, mostly in the range from 300 kPa below to...