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A slip law for glaciers on deformable beds
Science ( IF 44.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-02 , DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz1183
Lucas K Zoet 1, 2 , Neal R Iverson 2
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Slipping on till How do glaciers flow over the ground underlying them? We know that friction, ice stream velocity, and water pressure at the ice bed all matter, but we still do not know how to represent the process over both hard beds (which are solid rock) and soft ones (composed of unconsolidated erosion products called till). Zoet and Iverson present experimental results describing how glacial ice moves over watersaturated till (see the Perspective by Minchew and Joughin). These observations should help to solve the long-standing problem of constructing a generalized slip law that combines the processes of hard-bedded sliding and bed deformation. Science, this issue p. 76; see also p. 29 Experiments reveal how glacial slip over soft beds depends on velocity. Slip of marine-terminating ice streams over beds of deformable till is responsible for most of the contribution of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to sea level rise. Flow models of the ice sheet and till-bedded glaciers elsewhere require a law that relates slip resistance, slip velocity, and water pressure at the bed. We present results of experiments in which pressurized ice at its melting temperature is slid over a water-saturated till bed. Steady-state slip resistance increases with slip velocity owing to sliding of ice across the bed, but above a threshold velocity, till shears at its rate-independent Coulomb strength. These results motivate a generalized slip law for glacier-flow models that combines processes of hard-bedded sliding and bed deformation.

中文翻译:

变形层冰川的滑移定律

冰川如何流过它们下面的地面?我们知道冰床上的摩擦力、冰流速度和水压都很重要,但我们仍然不知道如何表示硬床(固体岩石)和软床(由松散的侵蚀产物组成,称为直到)。Zoet 和 Iverson 展示了描述冰川如何在饱和水层上移动的实验结果(参见 Minchew 和 Joughin 的观点)。这些观察结果应该有助于解决构建将硬层滑动和床变形过程相结合的广义滑动定律这一长期存在的问题。科学,这个问题 p。76; 另见第 29 实验揭示了软床上的冰川滑动如何取决于速度。南极西部冰盖对海平面上升的大部分贡献是海洋终止的冰流滑过可变形冰床的原因。其他地方的冰盖和成层冰川的流动模型需要与滑动阻力、滑动速度和床层水压相关的定律。我们展示了实验结果,在这些实验中,将处于融化温度的加压冰滑过水饱和的冰床。由于冰在床层上滑动,稳态滑动阻力随着滑动速度增加,但高于阈值速度,直到以其与速率无关的库仑强度剪切为止。这些结果激发了冰川流动模型的广义滑移定律,该模型结合了硬层滑动和床变形过程。其他地方的冰盖和成层冰川的流动模型需要与滑动阻力、滑动速度和床层水压相关的定律。我们展示了实验结果,在这些实验中,将处于融化温度的加压冰滑过水饱和的冰床。由于冰在床层上滑动,稳态滑动阻力随着滑动速度增加,但高于阈值速度,直到以其与速率无关的库仑强度剪切为止。这些结果激发了冰川流动模型的广义滑移定律,该模型结合了硬层滑动和床变形过程。其他地方的冰盖和成层冰川的流动模型需要与滑动阻力、滑动速度和床层水压相关的定律。我们展示了实验结果,在这些实验中,将处于融化温度的加压冰滑过水饱和的冰床。由于冰在床层上滑动,稳态滑动阻力随着滑动速度增加,但高于阈值速度,直到以其与速率无关的库仑强度剪切为止。这些结果激发了冰川流动模型的广义滑移定律,该模型结合了硬层滑动和床变形过程。我们展示了实验结果,在这些实验中,将处于融化温度的加压冰滑过水饱和的冰床。由于冰在床层上滑动,稳态滑动阻力随着滑动速度增加,但高于阈值速度,直到以其与速率无关的库仑强度剪切为止。这些结果激发了冰川流动模型的广义滑移定律,该模型结合了硬层滑动和床变形过程。我们展示了实验结果,在这些实验中,将处于融化温度的加压冰滑过水饱和的冰床。由于冰在床层上滑动,稳态滑动阻力随着滑动速度增加,但高于阈值速度,直到以其与速率无关的库仑强度剪切为止。这些结果激发了冰川流动模型的广义滑移定律,该模型结合了硬层滑动和床变形过程。
更新日期:2020-04-02
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