Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2515-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2515-2018
Research article
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07 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 07 Aug 2018

Numerical reconstructions of the flow and basal conditions of the Rhine glacier, European Central Alps, at the Last Glacial Maximum

Denis Cohen, Fabien Gillet-Chaulet, Wilfried Haeberli, Horst Machguth, and Urs H. Fischer

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (13 Jun 2018) by G. Hilmar Gudmundsson
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ED: Publish as is (17 Jul 2018) by G. Hilmar Gudmundsson
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As part of an integrative study about the safety of repositories for radioactive waste under ice age conditions in Switzerland, we modeled the flow of ice of the Rhine glacier at the Last Glacial Maximum to determine conditions at the ice–bed interface. Results indicate that portions of the ice lobes were at the melting temperature and ice was sliding, two conditions necessary for erosion by glacier. Conditions at the bed of the ice lobes were affected by climate and also by topography.