Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3412503h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 12, CiteID L12503
Physics
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Cryosphere: Thermodynamics (1011, 3611, 8411), Cryosphere: Glaciers, Hydrology: Snow And Ice (0736, 0738, 0776, 1827), Hydrology: Geomechanics
Scientific paper
We present the first glacier-wide detailed measurement of basal effective pressure and related observations including bed separation to elucidate the role of water in sliding. The hard bedded glacier instrumented in our study exhibited two phases of accelerated sliding motion apparently driven by separate mechanisms. The first acceleration phase (up to 5 fold increase in speed) was closely tied to an increase in bed separation. The faster second phase (up to 9 fold increase in speed) was related to an unusually high level of connectivity of subglacial waters. We infer the first mode was related to cavity opening and the second mode was related to reduced ice contact with the bed. Glacier sliding over a hard bed is typically represented by sliding laws that include the effective basal pressure, but neither sliding phase was accompanied by a simultaneous decrease in local or regional effective pressure.
Harper T. Jr. J.
Humphrey Neil F.
Lazar Brian
Pfeffer Tad W.
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