Abstract
Measurements made on a temperate glacier within 200 m of its wedge-shaped terminus cannot be interpreted as simple laminar flow. Instead they are fully explained by a model based on the nonlinear (n≈3) Glen flow law that superposes longitudinal strain rate and simple shearing.
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Nye, J. F. (2015). The mechanics of a glacier snout. Journal of Glaciology, 61(230), 1118–1120. https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J164
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