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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.542.2317 2023-05-15T14:19:32+02:00 PRELIMINARY DATA FROM Mark F. Meier George P. Rigsbyt Robert P. Sharp The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.542.2317 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic7-1-3.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.542.2317 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic7-1-3.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic7-1-3.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:07:13Z A N UNDERSTANDING of glacier flow is not likely to come from field or labora- tory studies alone; both are required. Needed from the field are quantitative data on the movement, size, shape, slope, and thickness of flowing ice bodies. Reliable measurements of the amount and absolute direction of movement at points widely distributed over the surfaces of glaciers are sparse. Even the surface velocity map of Hintereisferner (Hess, 1904, p. 136), one of our most thoroughly studied ice streams, shows only the downvalley com-ponent of movement. Quantitative data on velocity distribution in depth are even more meagre (Gerrard, Perutz and Roch, 1952; Sharp, 1953), although they are essential to an understanding of the physical properties and behaviour of ice deep within a glacier and to the setting up and interpretation of labora-tory experiments. Thickness is known in reasonable detail for a few European Text Arctic Unknown Hess ENVELOPE(-65.133,-65.133,-67.200,-67.200) Perutz ENVELOPE(-66.367,-66.367,-67.617,-67.617) |
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