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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/5902| Title: | Effect of a basal water layer on the dimensions of ice sheets |
| Authors: | Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Technological Institute. Weertman, Johannes. |
| Keywords: | Glaciers Glacier velocity Glacier growth Glacier ice Ice sheets Ice cap EPOLAR |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Research report (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 204. |
| Description: | Research Report Abstract: The effect of a basalwater layer on the equilibrium dimensions of an ice sheet is examined. A thick water layer can decrease the equilibrium thickness, of an ice, sheet such as covers Antarctica (which contains no significant ablational areas) by a factor of the order of 2. Similar large changes in the equilibrium dimensions occur for ice-age ice sheets (which have extensive ablational areas). The extent of the ablation area of an ice-age ice sheet which may be covered with morainal debris also is calculated. (See SIP 20716). |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/5902 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Report |
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| CRREL-Research-Report-204.pdf | 1.61 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |