Bending Shear: The Rate-Controlling Mechanism for Calving Ice Walls

Bending shear was observed to produce nearly vertical shear bands in a calving ice wall standing on dry land on Deception Island (Iat. 63.0 oS., long. 60.6 W.), and slabs calved straight downward when shear rupture occurred along these shear bands (Hughes, 1989). A formula for the calving rate was d...

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Main Authors: Hughes, Terence J., Nakagawa, Masayuki
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1989
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Deception Island
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelves
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/16
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=ers_facpub

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