Sliding over anisotropic beds
Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-2416. 2000 Sliding over anisotropic beds. Annals of Glaciology, 30 (1). 137-145. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756400781820840
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Many glacier beds are anisotropic, by which is meant that the dominant wavelengths are different in the two map-plane directions. A largely unexplored consequence of Nye-Kamb sliding theory is the fact that an anisotropic bed can produce a sliding velocity not parallel to the tangential traction vector. This has important consequences, since observations of non-parallel flow are often taken as indications that the shallow-ice approximation has broken down, whereas this need not be the case with an anisotropic bed. Mathematically, this effect can be incorporated through the use of a sliding tensor. The mathematical properties of this tensor are outlined, and the correct "invariant" for the sliding law, a quadratic form, is deduced. Nye-Kamb theory for anisotropic beds is discussed. Flow on the infinite plane and the properties of surface-topography diffusion are elucidated. The properities of kinematic waves and shock waves are discussed. Kinematic waves can have a lateral component. Numerical computations of ice-sheet flow on beds with anisotropic roughness are presented, with emphasis placed on how this affects divide-ridge structure. It is suggested that cold-based ice sheets, which have an anisotropic bed affecting the shear layer, may also show non-parallelism of surface slope and velocity.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.3189/172756400781820840 |
Programmes: | BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme |
ISSN: | 02603055 |
Date made live: | 27 Nov 2012 11:16 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20577 |
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