The mechanics of a glacier snout
Measurements made on a temperate glacier within 200 m of its wedge-shaped terminus cannot be interpreted as simple laminar flow. Instead they are fully explained by a model based on the nonlinear (n≈3) Glen flow law that superposes longitudinal strain rate and simple shearing.
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1983/624947a3-122f-455d-82f0-6053d5ce71e2 https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/624947a3-122f-455d-82f0-6053d5ce71e2 https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J164 https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/62891735/207_glacier_snout.pdf |
| Summary: | Measurements made on a temperate glacier within 200 m of its wedge-shaped terminus cannot be interpreted as simple laminar flow. Instead they are fully explained by a model based on the nonlinear (n≈3) Glen flow law that superposes longitudinal strain rate and simple shearing. |
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