• Main Authors: R. H. Thomas, J. Glaciol, H. H. Hellmer, S. S. Jacobs, A. Jenkins, Antarct Res, W. R. Peltier, A. Lambrecht, C. Mayer, H. Oerter, U. Nixdorf, M. Frezzotti, I. E. Tabacco, A. Zirizzotti, Ann Glaciol, J. R. Potter, J. G. Paren, Antarct Res Ser, D. R. Macayeal, J. Geophys Res, G. Wendler, K. Ahlnas, C. S. Lingle, K. W. Nicholls, K. Makinson, M. R. John, W. F. Budd, B. J. Mcinnes, D. Jenssen, I. N. Smith
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Weertman; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.662.5023; http://palumbi.stanford.edu/manuscripts/VollmerandPalumbi296.pdf

accumulation, B (positive for melting), and the dif-ference in ice ßux between the two gates per unit area,]H /]t 5 A 2 B 1 (fGL 2 fDG)/ISA, where fGL and fDG are the ice ßux for the GL and the DG, respectively. Under steady-state conditions,]H /]t 5 0, and neglecting surface melt and accumula-tion (,0.5 m/year) compared with basal melting, B is equal to the decrease in ice ßux per unit area. If the ice shelf is thickening (thinning) and ice ßow is steady, then B would be lower (higher) than calcu-lated under steady-state conditions. 11. J. Weertman, J. Glaciol. 13, 3 (1974). 12. C. J. Van der Veen, Ann. Geophys. Ser. B 4, 45 (1986).