An Unusual Ice Formation on the Ottawa River
Abstract An unusual humped formation of floating ice, about 10 m. high, 100 m. wide and 1,200 m. long. was observed on the Ottawa River, Canada. Some characteristics of this formation are described. The cause of the humps was found to be frazil ice deposited in a trench about 90 m. wide, 90 m. deep...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000028100 2024-03-03T08:46:06+00:00 An Unusual Ice Formation on the Ottawa River Gold, L. W. Williams, G. P. 1963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000028100 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000028100 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 4, issue 35, page 569-573 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1963 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000028100 2024-02-08T08:47:47Z Abstract An unusual humped formation of floating ice, about 10 m. high, 100 m. wide and 1,200 m. long. was observed on the Ottawa River, Canada. Some characteristics of this formation are described. The cause of the humps was found to be frazil ice deposited in a trench about 90 m. wide, 90 m. deep and 1,200 m. long. The frazil ice was formed in rapids up-stream from the humps. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Canada Humps ENVELOPE(-57.450,-57.450,-63.983,-63.983) Journal of Glaciology 4 35 569 573 |
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Abstract An unusual humped formation of floating ice, about 10 m. high, 100 m. wide and 1,200 m. long. was observed on the Ottawa River, Canada. Some characteristics of this formation are described. The cause of the humps was found to be frazil ice deposited in a trench about 90 m. wide, 90 m. deep and 1,200 m. long. The frazil ice was formed in rapids up-stream from the humps. |
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