Articles | Volume 3, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-153-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-153-2015
Research article
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02 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 02 Mar 2015

Ice flow models and glacial erosion over multiple glacial–interglacial cycles

R. M. Headley and T. A. Ehlers

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Within a landscape evolution model operating over geologic timescales, this work evaluates how different assumptions and levels of complexity for modeling glacier flow impact the pattern and amount of glacial erosion. Compared to those in colder climates, modeled glaciers in warmer and wetter climates are more sensitive to the choice of glacier flow model. Differences between landscapes evolved with different glacier flow models are intensified over multiple cycles.