Stress-gradient coupling in glacier flow: II. Longitudinal averaging of the flow response to small perturbations in ice thickness and surface slope

• Main Authors: Echelmeyer, Keith A., Kamb, Barclay
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Glaciological Society 1986
• Subjects: Blue Glacier; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/49694/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/49694/1/Kamb_1986p285.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140915-094200202

As a result of the coupling effects of longitudinal stress gradients, the perturbations Δu in glacier-flow velocity that result from longitudinally varying perturbations in ice thickness Δh and surface slope Δɑ are determined by a weighted longitudinal average of ФhΔh and Ф_ɑΔɑ, where Фh and Ф_ɑ are...