The Complexities of the Three-Dimensional Shape of Individual Crystals in Glacier Ice

A block of ice from Blue Glacier. Washington, was successively sectioned at close intervals as a means of determining exact crystal shape in three dimensions. Two crystals occupying over 20 per cent of the entire sample are used as examples, and their volumes calculated. These crystals were found to...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Rigsby, George P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1968
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000031026
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000031026