Abstract
In order to establish a rational theory for the study of phenomena observed in the flow of glacial ice a detailed continuum model for the flow of polythermal (i.e. partially cold and partially temperate) glaciers in wide mountain valleys has been developed. As a first step in the analysis of the nonlinear double free boundary problem posed by this model, the structure and stability of solutions are studied in a particular very simple limiting situation. Further analysis is deferred to part II of the paper. (A)
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 217-242 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | PROC. R. SOC.-A |
| Volume | 363 |
| Issue number | 1713 , Nov.1, 1978 |
| Publication status | Published - 1978 |