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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3071-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3071-2016
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21 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2016

Strain localization and dynamic recrystallization in the ice–air aggregate: a numerical study

Florian Steinbach, Paul D. Bons, Albert Griera, Daniela Jansen, Maria-Gema Llorens, Jens Roessiger, and Ilka Weikusat

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How glaciers or ice sheets flow is a result of microscopic processes controlled by the properties of individual ice crystals. We performed computer simulations on these processes and the effect of air bubbles between crystals. The simulations show that small-scale ice deformation is locally stronger than in other regions, which is enhanced by bubbles. This causes the ice crystals to recrystallise and change their properties in a way that potentially also affects the large-scale flow properties.