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Modeling the controls on till equilibrium line position beneath a synthetic outlet glacier
Ethan Pierce, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado, United States. ethan.pierce@colorado.edu
Irina Overeem, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado, United States. irina.overeem@colorado.edu
Outlet glaciers convey large quantities of ice, sediment, and water from the interior of ice sheets to the coastal ocean. Beneath ice sheets, sediment is transported by melt water, entrainment in basal ice layers, and deformation of the till layer. Till deformation occurs when the ice sliding velocity exceeds a certain threshold, causing buried clasts to plough the sediment layer (Zoet and Iverson, 2020). Because ice velocity tends to decrease below the ice equilibrium line, but the threshold velocity to induce ploughing stays constant, the glacier will deposit till around the “till equilibrium line,” where the ice sliding velocity drops below the threshold velocity (Alley et al., 1989). Investigating the controls on till equilibrium lines will improve our understanding of erosion and sediment transport beneath glaciers and ice sheets. Here, we implement a numerical model of steady-state till equilibrium line position under a synthetic outlet glacier. We explore the influence of ice sliding velocity, clast sizes and distribution, and effective pressure at the bed. Additionally, we consider the case where the threshold velocity to induce ploughing is not constant, but instead depends on ice and sediment properties.
Zoet, L. K., & Iverson, N. R. (2020). A slip law for glaciers on deformable beds. Science, 368(6486), 76-78.
