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Theoretical glaciology : material science of ice and the mechanics of glaciers and ice sheets
- Title
- Theoretical glaciology : material science of ice and the mechanics of glaciers and ice sheets / Kolumban Hutter.
- Author
- Hutter, Kolumban.
- Publication
- Dordrecht ; Boston : Reidel ; Tokyo, Japan : Terra Scientific Pub. Co. ; Hingham, MA : Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1983.
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- Description
- xxxii, 510 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- A comprehensive 'mathematical' introduction to the science and behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets in their geophysical environment. In two parts: Part I. Fundamental physics and materials technology of ice. Part II. The deformation of an ice mass under its own weight.
- Series Statement
- Mathematical approaches to geophysics
- Uniform Title
- Mathematical approaches to geophysics.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- Contents
- GENERAL CONCEPTS: Equations of balance -- Material response -- The entropy principle -- Phase changes -- A BRIEF SUMMARY OF CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS FOR ICE: Preliminary remarks -- The mechanical properties of hexagonal ice -- The mechanical properties of polycrystalline ice -- The mechanical properties of sea ice -- A MATHEMATICAL ICE-FLOW MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION TO PARALLEL-SIDED ICE SLABS: Motivation and physical description -- The basic model-its field equations and boundary conditions -- The response of a parallel-sided ice slab to steady conditions -- THERMO-MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF NEARLY PARALLEL-SIDED ICE SLABS SLIDING OVER THEIR BED: Motivation -- The basic boundary-value problem and its reduction to linear form -- The solution of the boundary-value problems -- Remarks on response to a time-dependent accumulation rate -- Surface-wave stability analysis -- THE APPLICATION OF THE SHALLOW-ICE APPROXIMATION: Background and previous work -- Derivation of the basal shear-stress formula by integrating the momentum equations over ice thickness -- Solution of the ice-flow problem using the shallow-ice approximation -- Theoretical steady-state profiles -- An alternative scaling-a proper analysis of dynamics of ice sheets with ice divides -- THE RESPONSE OF A GLACIER OR AN ICE SHEET TO SEASONAL AND CLIMATIC CHANGES: Statement of the problem -- Development of the kinematic wave theory -- Theoretical solutions for a model glacier -- General treatment for an arbitrary valley glacier -- Derivation of the surface-wave equation from first principles - non-linear theory -- THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND LOCAL FLOW EFFECTS IN GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS: Effect of valley sides on the motion of a glacier -- Three-dimensional flow effects in ice sheets -- Variational principles -- Discussion of some finite-element solutions.
- ISBN
- 9027714738
- 9789027714732
- LCCN
- 83004479
- OCLC
- ocm09394238
- 9394238
- SCSB-8848013
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library