| View Larger Image | Subglacial decoupling at the sediment/bedrock interface: a new mechanism for rapid flowing ice [An article from: Quaternary Science Reviews] | Digitalby K.H. Kjaer (Author), E. Larsen (Author), J. van der Meer (Author), Ingolfsson (Author)
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| | Binding: | Digital | | Publisher: | Elsevier | | Publication Date: | November 01, 2006 |
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This digital document is a journal article from Quaternary Science Reviews, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: On millennial or even centennial time scales, the activity of rapid flowing ice can affect climate variability and global sea level through release of meltwater into the ocean and positive feedback loops to the climate system. At the surge-type glacier Bruarjokull, an outlet of the Vatnajokull ice cap, eastern Iceland, extremely rapid ice flow was sustained by overpressurized water causing decoupling beneath a thick sediment sequence that was coupled to the glacier. This newly discovered mechanism has far reaching consequences for our understanding of fast-flowing ice and its integration with sediment discharge and meltwater release. |
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