Ice action on Nanisivik wharf, Strathcona Sound, N.W.T., winter 1978–1979
Field observations have been made over three winters at a vertically faced wharf in an area of limited horizontal ice movement but substantial vertical movement due to tides. Ice thickness was profiled and vertical ice movements were measured. A reasonably consistent pattern of ice behaviour adjacen...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | French |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1980
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l80-064 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/l80-064 |
| Summary: | Field observations have been made over three winters at a vertically faced wharf in an area of limited horizontal ice movement but substantial vertical movement due to tides. Ice thickness was profiled and vertical ice movements were measured. A reasonably consistent pattern of ice behaviour adjacent to the wharf was established, characterized by the formation of a transition ice zone between the first-year sea ice and the wharf. The behaviour and factors affecting growth of this zone are described. |
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