Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada
An understanding of glacier flow is not likely to come from field or laboratory studies alone; both are required. Needed from the field are quantitative data on the movement, size, shape, slope, and thickness of flowing ice bodies. Reliable measurements of the amount and absolute direction of moveme...
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:98483 2023-05-15T14:25:52+02:00 Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada Meier, Mark F. Rigsby, George P. Sharp, Robert P. 1954-06 application/pdf https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98483/ https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98483/1/66873-Article%20Text-188471-1-10-20101220.pdf https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190906-104552028 en eng Arctic Institute of North America https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98483/1/66873-Article%20Text-188471-1-10-20101220.pdf Meier, Mark F. and Rigsby, George P. and Sharp, Robert P. (1954) Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada. Arctic, 7 (1). pp. 3-26. ISSN 0004-0843. doi:10.14430/arctic3824. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190906-104552028 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190906-104552028> other Article PeerReviewed 1954 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3824 2021-11-18T18:52:18Z An understanding of glacier flow is not likely to come from field or laboratory studies alone; both are required. Needed from the field are quantitative data on the movement, size, shape, slope, and thickness of flowing ice bodies. Reliable measurements of the amount and absolute direction of movement at points widely distributed over the surfaces of glaciers are sparse. Even the surface velocity map of Hintereisferner (Hess, 1904, p. 136), one of our most thoroughly studied ice streams, shows only the downvalley component of movement. Quantitative data on velocity distribution in depth are even more meagre (Gerrard, Perutz and Roch, 1952; Sharp, 1953), although they are essential to an understanding of the physical properties and behaviour of ice deep within a glacier and to the setting up and interpretation of laboratory experiments. Thickness is known in reasonable detail for a few European valley glaciers (Hess, 1933, p. 43; Renaud and Mercanton, 1948) and along one profile in the Greenland Ice Sheet (Joset, 1950, p. 54), but it has been determined only locally in North American ice bodies (Goldthwait, 1936, pp. 506-7; Poulter, Allen, and Miller, 1949; Littlewood, 1952, p. 124; Allen and Smith, 1953, p. 758; Rothlisberger, 1953, pp. 234-7). Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Canada Goldthwait ENVELOPE(-86.050,-86.050,-77.983,-77.983) Greenland Hess ENVELOPE(-65.133,-65.133,-67.200,-67.200) Perutz ENVELOPE(-66.367,-66.367,-67.617,-67.617) Renaud ENVELOPE(-67.950,-67.950,-65.700,-65.700) ARCTIC 7 1 |
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An understanding of glacier flow is not likely to come from field or laboratory studies alone; both are required. Needed from the field are quantitative data on the movement, size, shape, slope, and thickness of flowing ice bodies. Reliable measurements of the amount and absolute direction of movement at points widely distributed over the surfaces of glaciers are sparse. Even the surface velocity map of Hintereisferner (Hess, 1904, p. 136), one of our most thoroughly studied ice streams, shows only the downvalley component of movement. Quantitative data on velocity distribution in depth are even more meagre (Gerrard, Perutz and Roch, 1952; Sharp, 1953), although they are essential to an understanding of the physical properties and behaviour of ice deep within a glacier and to the setting up and interpretation of laboratory experiments. Thickness is known in reasonable detail for a few European valley glaciers (Hess, 1933, p. 43; Renaud and Mercanton, 1948) and along one profile in the Greenland Ice Sheet (Joset, 1950, p. 54), but it has been determined only locally in North American ice bodies (Goldthwait, 1936, pp. 506-7; Poulter, Allen, and Miller, 1949; Littlewood, 1952, p. 124; Allen and Smith, 1953, p. 758; Rothlisberger, 1953, pp. 234-7). |
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Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada |
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Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada |
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Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada |
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Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada |
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Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada |
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https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98483/1/66873-Article%20Text-188471-1-10-20101220.pdf Meier, Mark F. and Rigsby, George P. and Sharp, Robert P. (1954) Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada. Arctic, 7 (1). pp. 3-26. ISSN 0004-0843. doi:10.14430/arctic3824. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190906-104552028 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190906-104552028> |
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