Converging flow and anisotropy cause large-scale folding in Greenland's ice sheet
oleh: Paul D. Bons, Daniela Jansen, Felicitas Mundel, Catherine C. Bauer, Tobias Binder, Olaf Eisen, Mark W. Jessell, Maria-Gema Llorens, Florian Steinbach, Daniel Steinhage, Ilka Weikusat
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-04-01 |
Deskripsi
A range of mechanisms has been proposed for large-scale folding in polar ice sheets. Here, using new three-dimensional reconstructions of such folds in the onset region of the Greenland Petermann Glacier, the authors show that these formed due to flow convergence and the high mechanical anisotropy of ice.