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Note on the paper “Flexure of a floating ice tongue”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2017

G. Holdsworth*
Affiliation:
Inland Waters Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

Type
Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © International Glaciological Society 1971

The Editor.

Journal of Glaciology

Sir, Note on the paper “Flexure of a floating ice tongue"

It has come to my notice that one of the analyses presented in my paper (Reference HoldsworthHoldsworth, 1969) for the bending of an elastic model ice tongue is essentially the same as one given by Reference Robin de.Robin (1958). The works are independent but Robin’s work takes precedence and I regret that his work was overlooked.

There is also a drafting error in Figure 4 (p. 390) of my paper where the distance ω aω(x) should refer to the vertical height of the top surface of the ice tongue above the hydrostatic equilibrium position which corresponds to the ’"depressed position" at a large distance from the hinge line.

References

Holdsworth, G. 1969 Flexure of a floating ice tongue. Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 8, No. 54, p. 385–97.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Robin de., G.Q.. 1958 Glaciology. III. Seismic shooting and related investigations. Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–52 Scientific Results, Vol. 5.Google Scholar