Sorge’s Law of Densification of Snow on High Polar Glaciers
Abstract Ernst Sorge, a member of Wegener’s Greenland Expedition 1930–31, discovered an important law on the densification of snow in high polar glaciers. It is here given a simple mathematical form and some of its implications are formulated and discussed. Apart from its significance to glaciology...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1954
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000025144 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000025144 |
| Summary: | Abstract Ernst Sorge, a member of Wegener’s Greenland Expedition 1930–31, discovered an important law on the densification of snow in high polar glaciers. It is here given a simple mathematical form and some of its implications are formulated and discussed. Apart from its significance to glaciology and snow mechanics, Sorge’s law should also be useful in the study of consolidation of accumulating fine-grained lacustrian and oceanic sediments. |
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