Modeling the elastic transmission of tidal stresses to great distances inland in channelized ice streams
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suggest that ocean tidal stresses can perturb ice stream motion at distances about an order of magnitude farther inland than tidal flexure of the ice stream alone. Recent models exploring the role of tidal perturbations in basal shear stress are primarily two-dimensional, with the impact of the ice stream margins either ignored or parameterized. Here, we use twoand three-dimensional finite element modeling to investi10
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تاریخ انتشار 2014