Direct shear tests of materials from a cold glacier: Implications for landform development

• Main Authors: Fitzsimons, Sean, McManus, Kevin J, Sirota, Paul, Lorrain, Reginald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Glaciologie; Suess Glacier; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/94724; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/94724/1/Elsevier_73518.pdf

The mechanical properties of materials at the ice-bed interface exert a major control on glacier behaviour and define the nature and rate of subglacial erosion. This paper presents new data on the strength and behaviour of basal ice and substrate of the Suess Glacier, south Victoria Land, Antarctica...