Force budget: I. Theory and numerical methods
This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701581. A practical method is developed for calculating stresses and velocities at depth using field measurements of the geometry and surface velocity of glaciers. To do this, it is convenient to partition full...
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ftunivkansas:oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/17349 2023-05-15T16:57:31+02:00 Force budget: I. Theory and numerical methods van der Veen, Cornelis J. Whillans, I. M. 2015-04-08T20:38:52Z http://hdl.handle.net/1808/17349 https://doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701581 unknown International Glaciological Society Van Der Veen, C. J. & Whillans, I. M. "Force budget: I. Theory and numerical methods." Journal of Glaciology, Number 119, 1989, pp. 53-60(8). http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701581. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/17349 doi:10.3189/002214389793701581 openAccess Article 2015 ftunivkansas https://doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701581 2022-08-26T13:16:46Z This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701581. A practical method is developed for calculating stresses and velocities at depth using field measurements of the geometry and surface velocity of glaciers. To do this, it is convenient to partition full stresses into lithostatic and resistive components. The horizontal gradient in vertically integrated lithostatic stress is the driving stress and it describes the horizontal action of gravity. The horizontal resistive stress gradients describe the reactions. Resistive stresses are simply related to deviatoric stresses and hence to strain-rates through a constitutive relation. A numerical scheme can be used to calculate stresses and velocities from surface velocities and slope, and from ice thickness. There is no mathematical requirement that the variations in these quantities be small. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology The University of Kansas: KU ScholarWorks Journal of Glaciology 35 119 53 60 |
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This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701581. A practical method is developed for calculating stresses and velocities at depth using field measurements of the geometry and surface velocity of glaciers. To do this, it is convenient to partition full stresses into lithostatic and resistive components. The horizontal gradient in vertically integrated lithostatic stress is the driving stress and it describes the horizontal action of gravity. The horizontal resistive stress gradients describe the reactions. Resistive stresses are simply related to deviatoric stresses and hence to strain-rates through a constitutive relation. A numerical scheme can be used to calculate stresses and velocities from surface velocities and slope, and from ice thickness. There is no mathematical requirement that the variations in these quantities be small. |
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