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dc.contributor.authorWhillans, I. M.
dc.contributor.authorChen, Y. H.
dc.contributor.authorvan der Veen, Cornelis J.
dc.contributor.authorHughes, T. J.
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-08T20:50:20Z
dc.date.available2015-04-08T20:50:20Z
dc.date.issued1989-09-05
dc.identifier.citationWhillans, I.M.; Chen, Y.H.; Van Der Veen, C.J.; Hughes, T.J. "Force Budget: III. Application to Three Dimensional Flow of Byrd Glacier, Antarctica." Journal of Glaciology, Number 119, 1989, pp. 68-80(13) http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701554.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/17351
dc.descriptionThis is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/002214389793701554.en_US
dc.description.abstractStresses at the surface and at depth are calculated for a stretch of Byrd Glacier, Antarctica. The calculations are based on photogrammetrically determined velocities and elevations, and on radio-echo-determined ice thicknesses. The results are maps of drags from each valley wall, of normal forces laterally and longitudinally. and of basal drag. Special challenges in the calculation are the numerical gridding of velocity, ensuring that unreasonable short-wavelength features do not develop in the calculation, and inference of ice thickness where there are no data.

The results show important variations in basal drag. For the floating part, basal drag is near zero, as expected. Within the grounded part. longitudinal components of basal drag are very variable, reaching 300 kPa with a dominant wavelength of 13 km. Generally. these drag maxima correlate with maxima in driving stress. Usually the across-glacier component of basal drag is small. An important exception occurs in the center of the grounded part of the glacier where the flow shows major deviations from the axis of the valley.

Other results are that side drag is roughly constant at 250 kPa along both margins of the glacier, tension from the ice shelf is about 100 kPa, and tension in the grounded part cycles between 250 and 150 kPa. Calculated deep velocities are too large and this is attributed to deficiencies in the conventional isotropic flow law used.
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dc.publisherInternational Glaciological Societyen_US
dc.titleForce budget: III, Application to three-dimensional flow of Byrd Glacier, Antarcticaen_US
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorvan der Veen, Cornelis J.
kusw.kudepartmentGeographyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3189/002214389793701554
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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