Rupture of an ice mound near Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
An ice feature comprising ice blocks ranging from football size to 0.6 m cubes to 1.2 m × 3.6 m × 0.6 m slabs was observed on the surface of a frozen lake. Site investigations revealed the source of the blocks to be an ice mound that had formed along the shore of the lake. A model, supported by loca...
| Published in: | Canadian Geotechnical Journal |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1979
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t79-064 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t79-064 |
| Summary: | An ice feature comprising ice blocks ranging from football size to 0.6 m cubes to 1.2 m × 3.6 m × 0.6 m slabs was observed on the surface of a frozen lake. Site investigations revealed the source of the blocks to be an ice mound that had formed along the shore of the lake. A model, supported by local meteorological, geological, and hydrological information, is proposed to explain the formation of the ice mound and its subsequent rupture. |
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