Is vertical shear in an ice shelf negligible?
Vertical shear stress in ice shelves cannot be precisely zero, since the upper and lower surfaces are generally not parallel. By performing stress balance on a vertical column in an ice shelf we calculate what its magnitude must be. This is done for an unconfined glacier tongue and for a confined ba...
Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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International Glaciological Society
1979
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525201/ https://doi.org/10.3189/S0022143000014271 |