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. 2016 May 6;2(5):e1501538. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501538

Table 1. Parameters used in the dv/v modeling.

Parameter Symbol Value Reference
Glaciostatic pressure Pg 1600 Pa From data
Ice area Si 6.5 × 1011 m2 From data
Gravitational acceleration g 9.81 m/s2
Pressure field wave number k 2π/(60 km) Jiang et al. (11)
Depth of investigation z 5 km From data
S-wave velocity Vs 3300 m/s Kumar et al. (56)
Vp/Vs ratio Vp/Vs 1.8 Kumar et al. (56)
Upper-crust density ρc 2700 kg/m3 Schmidt-Aursch and Jokat (57)
P-wave velocity Vp = Vs(Vp/Vs) 5940 m/s
Poisson’s ratio ν 0.2768
Young’s modulus E 7.5 × 1010 Pa
Mantle viscosity η 1021 Pa⋅s
Viscoelastic relaxation time T 1011 s
Lamé’s first parameter λ 3.65 × 1010 Pa
Shear modulus μ 2.94 × 1010 Pa
Murnaghan constant m −2.77 × 1016 Pa From inversion
Distance from the ice x 12.5 km
Biot’s coefficient α 0.7 Tsai (34)
Hydraulic diffusivity of the crust Kc 0.5 m2/s Shapiro et al. (58)
Angular frequency ω 2π/(365 days)
Till layer thickness zt 2.85 m From inversion
Hydraulic diffusivity of till Kt 5 × 10− 6 m2/s Iverson et al. (38)