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Analytical solutions for the advective–diffusive ice column in the presence of strain heating
Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas y Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Alexander Robinson
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Marisa Montoya
Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas y Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Jorge Alvarez-Solas
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Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas y Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Short summary
Our study tries to understand how the ice temperature evolves in a large mass as in the case of Antarctica. We found a relation that tells us the ice temperature at any point. These results are important because they also determine how the ice moves. In general, ice moves due to slow deformation (as if pouring honey from a jar). Nevertheless, in some regions the ice base warms enough and melts. The liquid water then serves as lubricant and the ice slides and its velocity increases rapidly.
Our study tries to understand how the ice temperature evolves in a large mass as in the case of...
