Freeze-on limits bed strength beneath sliding glaciers
Across all glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets, the gravitational driving stress, and therefore the average basal shear stress falls in a narrow range that tops out around 1 bar. Here, the authors show that the mechanical resistance posed by heterogeneous infiltration of ice into sediments governs th...
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/1c348f071bda42b5a31a1c95ddfe6402 |
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Sumario: | Across all glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets, the gravitational driving stress, and therefore the average basal shear stress falls in a narrow range that tops out around 1 bar. Here, the authors show that the mechanical resistance posed by heterogeneous infiltration of ice into sediments governs the peak bed strength. |
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