Water-pressure Coupling of Sliding and Bed Deformation: III. Application to Ice Stream B, Antarctica
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by International Glaciological Society in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 35 (119), 130-139
- https://doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701572
Abstract
Geophysical studies and glaciological analyses suggest strongly that Ice Stream B, West Antarctica, moves primarily by pervasive deformation of a meters thick subglacial till. Analysis of the longitudinal profile of the ice stream up-stream of the ice plain suggests that basal sliding is slow everywhere, that effective pressure decreases slowly down-stream, and that the strain-rate of pervasive shear is proportional to the basal shear stress and inversely proportional to the square or cube of the effective pressure. Discrete shearing may occur beneath the pervasively deforming zone. These and other hypotheses, which build on the analyses of the first two papers in this series, can be tested in the field.Keywords
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