Ice-stream response to ocean tides and the form of the basal sliding law

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Author: Gudmundsson, G.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2011
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Glaciology; Ronne Ice Shelf; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Weertman; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14116/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14116/1/tc-5-259-2011.pdf; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/5/259/2011/tc-5-259-2011.html

The response of ice streams to ocean tides is investigated. Numerical modelling experiments are conducted using a two-dimensional flow-line model of coupled ice-stream and ice-shelf flow. The model includes all components of the equilibrium equations, and uses a non-linear viscoelastic constitutive...