BOUDINAGE - A SOURCE OF STRATIGRAPHIC DISTURBANCE IN GLACIAL ICE IN CENTRAL GREENLAND

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CUNNINGHAM, J
WADDINGTON, ED
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10.3189/002214390793701336
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P9 [自然地理学];
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0705 ; 070501 ;
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A hydrodynamic model of interface stability in a stratified fluid is reviewed. The model predicts that irregularities on the boundaries of a stiff layer, embedded in a soft matrix, are unstable in pure shearing flow, when compression is normal to the layer. Perturbations on such a layer can grow to form symmetric pinch-and-swell structures called boudins. The model predicts initial perturbation growth rates on the boundaries of an interglacial period ice layer. We find that, beneath an ice divide, irregularities on the Sangamon layer boundaries will not kinematically decay, as the layer thins. Finite-element modelling is used to determine the strain history of Sangamon ice beneath the divide at Summit, Greenland. That history suggests boundary irregularities have grown, relative to layer thickness, at least 26 fold over the past 90 000 years. The result may be severe distortion or severing of the layer. Core holes penetrating the layer may recover anomalously thick or thin columns of ice resulting in erroneous environmental and climatic interpretations. Radio echo-sounding may be useful in searching for zones of boudinage, which should be avoided when coring. Initial perturbations might arise from mass-balance spatial variations or from transient flow fields.
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