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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Bader, Henri
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 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