Subglacial clast/bed contact forces
dc.contributor.author | Byers, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Cohen, Denis | |
dc.contributor.author | Iverson, Neal | |
dc.contributor.author | Iverson, Neal | |
dc.contributor.department | Geological and Atmospheric Sciences | |
dc.date | 2018-02-18T09:28:24.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-30T04:03:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-30T04:03:26Z | |
dc.date.copyright | Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2012 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-02-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | <p>A laboratory device was built to measure the forces that ice exerts on a 0.05 m diameter rigid plastic sphere in two different configurations: in contact with a flat bed or isolated from the bed. Measurements indicated that bed-normal contact forces were 1.8 times larger than drag forces due to creeping flow past a slippery sphere isolated from the bed. Measurements of forces as a function of the bed-normal ice velocity, estimations of the ice viscosity parameter and observations of markers in the ice indicate ice is Newtonian with a viscosity of ∼1.3 × 1011 Pa s. Newtonian behavior is expected due to small and transient stresses. A model of regelation indicates that it had a negligible (<5%) influence on forces. Water pressure in the cavity beneath the sphere in contact with the bed had a likewise negligible influence on contact forces. When no cavity is present, drag forces can be correctly estimated using Stokes's law (Newtonian viscosity) for a slippery sphere. The same law with a bed-enhancement factor of 1.8 is appropriate for estimating bed-normal contact forces. These results reinforce previous laboratory measurements and theories but provide no support for explanations of high debris/bed friction or rates of abrasion that depend on high contact forces.</p> | |
dc.description.comments | <p>This article is from <em>Journal of Glaciology </em>58 (2012): 89, doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi.org/10.3189/2012JoG11J126" target="_blank">10.3189/2012JoG11J126</a>. Posted with permission.</p> | |
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dc.identifier | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/ge_at_pubs/150/ | |
dc.identifier.articleid | 1137 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 10068602 | |
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dc.identifier.submissionpath | ge_at_pubs/150 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/38082 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.source.bitstream | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/ge_at_pubs/150/2012_Iverson_SubglacialClast.pdf|||Fri Jan 14 20:34:16 UTC 2022 | |
dc.source.uri | doi.org/10.3189/2012JoG11J126 | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Geomorphology | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Glaciology | |
dc.title | Subglacial clast/bed contact forces | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.type.genre | article | |
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