A STRESS-STRAIN RELATION FOR DRY SNOW IN GREENLAND AND

ABSTRACT. A stress-strain relation for dry snow in Greenland and Antarctica was derived. When this relation is integrated, it gives snow density as a function of time. For given surface density, temperature, and accumulation, the age of snow layers can be obtained as a function of depth in the snow-...

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Main Authors: Chi-hai Ling, L. A. Rasmussen, Alld Carl S. Benson
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Greenland
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.6663
http://www.igsoc.org/journal/33/115/igs_journal_vol33_issue115_pg369-373.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT. A stress-strain relation for dry snow in Greenland and Antarctica was derived. When this relation is integrated, it gives snow density as a function of time. For given surface density, temperature, and accumulation, the age of snow layers can be obtained as a function of depth in the snow-pack. Calculations compare well with observations. With some knowledge of the temperature range in the upper layer of the snow-pack, calculation for density versus depth can also be improved over the results where such temperature information was not used.

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