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The Response of a Glacier or an Ice Sheet to Seasonal and Climatic Changes

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Theoretical Glaciology

Part of the book series: Mathematical Approaches to Geophysics ((MAAG,volume 1))

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In the preceding chapters, attention was focused on the development of a mathematical model of glacier flow and on first flow applications under plane motion. Except for the surface-wave stability analysis in a parallel-sided ice strip in Chapter 4, most questions were concerned with the response of a glacier and ice sheet to steady-state conditions, or at least conditions close to such a steady state.

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Hutter, K. (1983). The Response of a Glacier or an Ice Sheet to Seasonal and Climatic Changes. In: Theoretical Glaciology. Mathematical Approaches to Geophysics, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1167-4_6

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