Flow law for Antarctic ice shelves

Ice shelves are floating glaciers which are attached to an inland ice sheet or to land. They creep under their own weight, the creep rates being dependent on the ice flow law at low stresses.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Physical Science
Main Author: Thomas, R.H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 1971
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Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526478/
https://doi.org/10.1038/physci232085a0
Description
Summary:Ice shelves are floating glaciers which are attached to an inland ice sheet or to land. They creep under their own weight, the creep rates being dependent on the ice flow law at low stresses.