Call number:
ZSP-202-70
In:
Research report / Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 70
Type of Medium:
Series available for loan
Pages:
93 Seiten
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Karten
Series Statement:
Research report / Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory 70
URL:
https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a337542.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
CONTENTS:
Preface. -
Summary. -
Chapter I. Introduction. -
Operations and logistics. -
Chapter II. Methods of investigation. -
Region of investigation. -
Pit studies. -
Elevation measurements. -
Chapter Ill. Stratigraphy and accumulation. -
Introduction. -
Diagenesis without melt. -
Diagenesis with melt. -
Diagenetic facies defined on glaciers. -
Grain size. -
Description of three stratigraphic features. -
Principles of stratigraphic interpretation. -
Selection of a reference datum in the annual stratigraphic sequence. -
Stratigraphic correlation. -
Distribution of annual accumulation. -
Independent checks on the stratigraphic interpretations. -
Chapter IV. Temperature distribution. -
Seasonal temperature variation on the snow surface. -
Seasonal temperature variation below the snow surface. -
Distribution of mean annual temperature on the ice sheet. -
Chapter V. Diagenetic facies- a classification of glaciers. -
Temperature. -
Hardness. -
Density. -
Glacier facies - a classification of glaciers. -
Chapter VI. Densification of snow and firn. -
Load-volume relationship. -
Depth-density relationship. -
Chapter VII. Climatological implications. -
Introduction. -
Katabatic winds and accumulation. -
Annual heat exchange. -
The balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet. -
References. -
Appendix A: Stratigraphy, meteorology and glaciology. -
Appendix B: Mean annual temperature. -
Appendix C: The data sheets.
Location:
AWI Archive
Branch Library:
AWI Library
