A Gravity Survey of the Melville Island Ice Caps
A gravity survey was made in June of 1963 of four ice caps on western Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ice thicknesses were interpreted from Bouguer anomalies at 138 stations. The regional gravity field of the area has a simple form and is associated with a uniform bedrock geology. Beca...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s002214300001950x 2024-03-03T08:40:12+00:00 A Gravity Survey of the Melville Island Ice Caps Spector, Allan 1966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002214300001950x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214300001950X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 6, issue 45, page 393-400 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1966 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s002214300001950x 2024-02-08T08:32:56Z A gravity survey was made in June of 1963 of four ice caps on western Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ice thicknesses were interpreted from Bouguer anomalies at 138 stations. The regional gravity field of the area has a simple form and is associated with a uniform bedrock geology. Because of this, the interpretation of the gravity data was greatly simplified in comparison with the more usual glaciological problem. It was found that greatest ice thicknesses ranged from 30 to 50 m., filling hidden valleys or depressions under the main ice-cap body. Ice-cap volumes ranged from 0.2 to 1.0 km. 3 . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archipelago Arctic Canadian Arctic Archipelago Ice cap Journal of Glaciology Melville Island Cambridge University Press Arctic Canadian Arctic Archipelago Journal of Glaciology 6 45 393 400 |
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A gravity survey was made in June of 1963 of four ice caps on western Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ice thicknesses were interpreted from Bouguer anomalies at 138 stations. The regional gravity field of the area has a simple form and is associated with a uniform bedrock geology. Because of this, the interpretation of the gravity data was greatly simplified in comparison with the more usual glaciological problem. It was found that greatest ice thicknesses ranged from 30 to 50 m., filling hidden valleys or depressions under the main ice-cap body. Ice-cap volumes ranged from 0.2 to 1.0 km. 3 . |
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A Gravity Survey of the Melville Island Ice Caps |
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A Gravity Survey of the Melville Island Ice Caps |
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A Gravity Survey of the Melville Island Ice Caps |
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A Gravity Survey of the Melville Island Ice Caps |
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A Gravity Survey of the Melville Island Ice Caps |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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Journal of Glaciology volume 6, issue 45, page 393-400 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 |
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