Journal of Glaciology: Volume 2 -

Experiments on the Deformation of Ice
J. W. Glen
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30 January 2017, pp. 111-114
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This paper describes compression tests at −1.5° C. on blocks of ice containing many small crystals in random orientation. Results show that ice does not possess a constant coefficient of viscosity, but obeys a more complicated relation between compressive stress u and strain rate . For the stress range 1.5–10 Kg. cm−2 this relation is approximately of the form , where n is a constant equal to about 4. A method of preparing small cylindrical single crystals of ice of a desired orientation is also described.

Part II: The Physics of Deglaciation in Central Baffin Island *
W. H. Ward, Mason E. Hale
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30 January 2017, pp. 9-22
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The shearing and ablation of “cold” ice that leads to the formation of ablation and end moraines and the characteristic form of the S.E. edge of the Barnes ice cap are discussed. Some evidence suggests the existence of considerable areas of dead glacier ice extending well beyond the current moraines and completely insulated from melting by glacial debris. This debris consists of old moraines whose relief has been inverted and subdued. An appendix by Mason E. Hale on the current moraine plant succession suggests that the last stable position of the S.E. edge of the ice cap occurred about 1860 and has been followed by retreat at an average rate of about 3 m. per year.

The Moreno Glacier, Lago Argentino, Patagonia: Advancing Glaciers and Nearby Simultaneously Retreating Glaciers
Robert L. Nichols, Maynard M. Miller
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30 January 2017, pp. 41-52
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Two neighboring Patagonian glaciers are described. They are fed from the same ice field but one is advancing and the other retreating. Various possible causes of this phenomenon are described.

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