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Abstract
Deformation of subglacial sediment may
have had a profound influence on the

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geomorphic effects and dynamics of

Pleistocene ice sheets, but data that bear
on the rheology of such sediment are few
and contradictory. A means of studying
systematically the mechanical properties
of glacial tills is provided by a ring-shear
device that shears a large annular
specimen to high strains at variable rates.
Special features of the device allow
continuous observation of the distribution
of shear strain, measurement of local
stresses normal to the direction of shear,
and isolation of wall effects. Thus far, a
linear-viscous putty and two tills with
different clay contents (4 and 32% by
weight) have been tested. The
experiments with till indicate, as expected,
that the presence of dispersed clay
minerals reduces markedly both the
residual strength and hydraulic diffusivity
of till. Clay also reduces spatial variations
in normal stress associated with grain
bridges. The walls bounding the specimen
support only 917% of the total resistance
to shearing. Strain was localized in both
tills, but not in the linear-viscous putty.
Strain localization in the tills indicates that
their theology departs significantly from
linear- and Bingham-viscous models.
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Present address: Department of Plant and Earth

Sciences, University of Wisconsin - River Falls,
River Falls, Wl 54022, USA.

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