Ice-sheet flow (Stokes / SIA)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Cryospheric Physics subtree

Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets flow via internal viscous deformation (Glen flow law n=3) and basal sliding; SIA shallow-ice approximation for slow interior; full Stokes for ice-shelves.

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