Kamb, B. and Engelhardt, H. F. and Harrison, W. D. (1979) The Ice-Rock Interface and Basal Sliding Process as Revealed by Direct Observation in Bore Holes and Tunnels. Journal of Glaciology, 23 (89). pp. 416-419. ISSN 0022-1430. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181116-112255845
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The glacier bed, where basal sliding occurs, was reached by cable-tool drilling and sand-pump bailing in seven bore holes in Blue Glacier, Olympic National Park, Washington. Basal sliding velocities measured by bore-hole photography and confirmed by inclinometry are unexpectedly low, ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 cm/day and averaging 1.0 cm/day. This is much less than about half the surface velocity of 15 cm/day, which was the sliding-rate expected from earlier deformation measurements in bore holes made by thermal drilling alone.
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| Issue or Number: | 89 | ||||||
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| Official Citation: | Kamb, B., Engelhardt, H., & Harrison, W. (1979). The Ice-Rock Interface and Basal Sliding Process as Revealed by Direct Observation in Bore Holes and Tunnels. Journal of Glaciology, 23(89), 416-419. doi:10.1017/S0022143000030124 | ||||||
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