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Using a composite flow law to model deformation in the NEEM deep ice core, Greenland – Part 2: The role of grain size and premelting on ice deformation at high homologous temperature
Ernst-Jan N. Kuiper
Faculty of Earth Science, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Johannes H. P. de Bresser
Faculty of Earth Science, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Faculty of Earth Science, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Jan Eichler
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University
Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
Gill M. Pennock
Faculty of Earth Science, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Faculty of Earth Science, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University
Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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Short summary
Fast ice flow occurs in deeper parts of polar ice sheets, driven by high stress and high temperatures. Above 262 K ice flow is further enhanced, probably by the formation of thin melt layers between ice crystals. A model applying an experimentally derived composite flow law, using temperature and grain size values from the deepest 540 m of the NEEM ice core, predicts that flow in fine-grained layers is enhanced by a factor of 10 compared to coarse-grained layers in the Greenland ice sheet.
Fast ice flow occurs in deeper parts of polar ice sheets, driven by high stress and high...
