Semi-brittle rheology and ice dynamics in DynEarthSol3D
We present a semi-brittle rheology and explore its potential for simulating glacier and ice sheet deformation using a numerical model, DynEarthSol3D (DES), in simple, idealized experiments. DES is a finite-element solver for the dynamic and quasi-static simulation of continuous media. The experiment...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:3531364bd0ee4dc294cc49be5605bf0b 2023-05-15T16:40:21+02:00 Semi-brittle rheology and ice dynamics in DynEarthSol3D L. C. Logan L. L. Lavier E. Choi E. Tan G. A. Catania 2017-01-01 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-117-2017 http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/117/2017/tc-11-117-2017.pdf https://doaj.org/article/3531364bd0ee4dc294cc49be5605bf0b en eng Copernicus Publications 1994-0416 1994-0424 doi:10.5194/tc-11-117-2017 http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/117/2017/tc-11-117-2017.pdf https://doaj.org/article/3531364bd0ee4dc294cc49be5605bf0b undefined The Cryosphere, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 117-132 (2017) geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-117-2017 2023-01-22T18:19:04Z We present a semi-brittle rheology and explore its potential for simulating glacier and ice sheet deformation using a numerical model, DynEarthSol3D (DES), in simple, idealized experiments. DES is a finite-element solver for the dynamic and quasi-static simulation of continuous media. The experiments within demonstrate the potential for DES to simulate ice failure and deformation in dynamic regions of glaciers, especially at quickly changing boundaries like glacier termini in contact with the ocean. We explore the effect that different rheological assumptions have on the pattern of flow and failure. We find that the use of a semi-brittle constitutive law is a sufficient material condition to form the characteristic pattern of basal crevasse-aided pinch-and-swell geometry, which is observed globally in floating portions of ice and can often aid in eroding the ice sheet margins in direct contact with oceans. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet The Cryosphere Unknown The Cryosphere 11 1 117 132 |
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We present a semi-brittle rheology and explore its potential for simulating glacier and ice sheet deformation using a numerical model, DynEarthSol3D (DES), in simple, idealized experiments. DES is a finite-element solver for the dynamic and quasi-static simulation of continuous media. The experiments within demonstrate the potential for DES to simulate ice failure and deformation in dynamic regions of glaciers, especially at quickly changing boundaries like glacier termini in contact with the ocean. We explore the effect that different rheological assumptions have on the pattern of flow and failure. We find that the use of a semi-brittle constitutive law is a sufficient material condition to form the characteristic pattern of basal crevasse-aided pinch-and-swell geometry, which is observed globally in floating portions of ice and can often aid in eroding the ice sheet margins in direct contact with oceans. |
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L. C. Logan L. L. Lavier E. Choi E. Tan G. A. Catania |
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Semi-brittle rheology and ice dynamics in DynEarthSol3D |
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Semi-brittle rheology and ice dynamics in DynEarthSol3D |
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Semi-brittle rheology and ice dynamics in DynEarthSol3D |
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Semi-brittle rheology and ice dynamics in DynEarthSol3D |
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Semi-brittle rheology and ice dynamics in DynEarthSol3D |
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semi-brittle rheology and ice dynamics in dynearthsol3d |
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