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A thermomechanical model for frost heave and subglacial frozen fringe
Colin R. Meyer, Christian Schoof, Alan W. Rempel
Ice-infiltrated sediment, known as a frozen fringe, leads to phenomena such as frost heave, ice lenses, and meters of debris-rich ice under glaciers. Understanding the dynamics of…
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Convection in a mushy-layer along a heated wall
Samuel Boury, Colin R. Meyer, Geoffrey M. Vasil +1
Motivated by the mushy zones of sea ice, volcanoes, and icy moons of the outer solar system, we perform a theoretical and numerical study of boundary-layer convection along a verti…