Balance velocity and basal shear stress determinations of an ice stream in West Central Greenland

• Main Author: Kipp, Michael A.
• Other Authors: Whillans, I. M. (Ian M.)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 1978
• Subjects: Greenland; Weertman; Whillans; glacier; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/69221

A theoretical model based on balance velocity and basal shear stress is applied to an ice stream flowing into Jakobshaven Isford glacier Greenland. Balance velocity is defined by Whillans (1977) as a measure of the time change of the mass of a column through the ice thickness. Balance velocities wer...