Response to Comment on “Friction at the bed does not control fast glacier flow” | Zendy

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Response to Comment on “Friction at the bed does not control fast glacier flow”

Author(s) -

L. A. Stearns,

C. J. van der Veen

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.aau8375

Subject(s) - glacier , geology , flow (mathematics) , mathematics , geomorphology , geometry

Minchewet al . take issue with our main conclusion that friction at the glacier bed does not control fast glacier flow. In this response, we further justify our methodology. We also point out that numerical studies referred to by Minchewet al . rely on inversions that are based on a sliding relation in which sliding speed is proportional to basal drag. Furthermore, observational studies referred to by Minchewet al . apply to glaciological settings that do not correspond to the terminal regions of Greenland outlet glaciers that we studied.

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