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 |