Glacier flow (Glen flow law 1955)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Cryospheric Physics subtree

Glen 1955 power-law rheology: epsilon-dot = A tau^n with n~3, A(T) Arrhenius; basis of ice-sheet models (PISM, Elmer/Ice); shear-thinning explains finger crevasses.

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