Modelling ice flow in various glacier zones

Authors
Wilchinsky, AV Chugunov, VA
Citation
Av. Wilchinsky et Va. Chugunov, Modelling ice flow in various glacier zones, J APPL MA R, 65(3), 2001, pp. 479-493
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanical Engineering
Journal title
PMM JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS
ISSN journal
00218928 → ACNP
Volume
65
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
479 - 493
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8928(2001)65:3<479:MIFIVG>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A simplified model of plane isothermal steady ice flow in the land-based pa rt, the shelf and the ice-sheet-ice-shelf transition zone of a glacier whic h interacts with the sea is constructed using Glen's flow law and perturbat ion methods. Boundary conditions on the joining line are obtained for the l and-based part of the glacier. The dynamics of the ice-divide domain of the glacier is analysed for the case of axially symmetric, steady, isothermal ice flow. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd, All rights reserved.