Creep of ice and microstructural changes under confining pressure

DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9628-2_46
Author	Search for: Barrette, P. D.ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-8884; Search for: Jordaan, I. J.
Format	Text, Article
Subject	hydrostatic pressure; shear zone; axial stress; high hydrostatic pressure; confinement pressure
Abstract	Glaciers are one of the most striking examples of a material undergoing creep. The flow of these large bodies of ice is driven by self-weight and occurs as a result of the very high homologous temperature at which ice exists under atmospheric conditions. Deformation-related motions are in the order of centimetres to metres per year and the hydrostatic pressure at the base of the largest ice caps may be up to 40 MPa. Numerous investigations have been conducted to unravel the physical processes taking place in what may be considered the longest lived, in situ creep experiments available to material scientists.
Publication date	2001
Publisher	Springer
In	IUTAM Symposium on Creep in Structures (2001): 479–488.
Series	Solid Mechanics and its Applications, no. 86.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC publication	This is a non-NRC publication "Non-NRC publications" are publications authored by NRC employees prior to their employment by NRC.
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