Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Rate-and-state friction explains glacier surge propagation

  • Kjetil Thøgersen,
  • Adrien Gilbert,
  • Thomas Vikhamar Schuler,
  • Anders Malthe-Sørenssen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10506-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Predicting the friction at the ice/bedrock interface prevents a full understanding of glacier dynamics. Here, the authors present a framework for the transient evolution of basal shear stress and incorporate it in glacier simulations. This tool is capable of explaining surge onset and propagation.