Velocity pattern in a transect across Ice Stream B, Antarctica
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The marginal shear stress of Ice Stream B , West Antarctica
To ascertain whether the , ·elocity of Ice Stream B, \\'est Antarctica, may be controlled by the stres e in its marginal shear zones \ the .. Snake" and the .. Dragon'· ), we undertook a determination of the marginal hear stress in the Dragon near Camp up B by using ice itself as a stress meter. The ob erved marginal shear strain rate of0.14 a I is used to calculate the marginal shear stress fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Glaciology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0022-1430,1727-5652
DOI: 10.1017/s0022143000016452