Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jun 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3512502c&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 12, CiteID L12502
Mathematics
Logic
Cryosphere: Modeling, Cryosphere: Glaciers, Cryosphere: Ice (1863), Cryosphere: Glaciology (1621, 1827, 1863)
Scientific paper
Internal ice strain rates have been measured along two boreholes drilled through Glacier de Tsanfleuron, Switzerland. Differences between these measurements and the output from a 3D numerical model of glacier motion have been minimized by a scheme that optimizes three rheological parameters in the constitutive equation for ice creep: the stress exponent n, the rate factor A, and a Lower Zone (basal ice) enhancement factor E LZ . Results suggest that a linear rheology dominated by diffusion creep (n = 1) is more appropriate for modelling ice flow in this relatively thin (generally <80 m thick) glacier than the conventional n = 3, and that E LZ is ~2. For n = 1, the predicted ice crystal size and value of E LZ are both consistent with measurements made on ice cores recovered from the glacier, providing independent support for the optimization technique and the linear creep model.
Chandler David
Hubbard Alun
Hubbard Bryn
Murray Tavi
Rippin David
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