UNDERWATER SEA ICE

By the term 'underwater ice' we understand both ice forming within the water mass and ice carried down, in crystal form, from the water surface. Bottom ice is a variety of underwater ice. The formation of underwater ice is brought about by the overcooling of the water through contact with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morecki,V. N.
Other Authors: DIRECTORATE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SERVICES OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*SEA ICE
USSR)
UNDERWATER
DISTRIBUTION
OCEAN BOTTOM
SALINITY
THERMAL STABILITY
SURFACE PROPERTIES
COOLING
OCEAN CURRENTS
THICKNESS
SUBMARINES
TABLES(DATA)
ARCTIC OCEAN
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
TRANSLATIONS
Antarctic
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Antarc*
Ice
Iceberg*
permafrost
Sea ice
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Summary:By the term 'underwater ice' we understand both ice forming within the water mass and ice carried down, in crystal form, from the water surface. Bottom ice is a variety of underwater ice. The formation of underwater ice is brought about by the overcooling of the water through contact with a colder surface (iceberg or ice barrier), and also by mixing of overcooled surface water with the deeper water. Underwater ice is formed in almost all bodies of water where the climatic conditions are such as to make possible the formation of ice. In its natural state this ice for the most part occurs in the form of ice crystals, frazil ice, floating anchor ice (slush), and bottom ice. Bottom ice can develop only if the cooling due to the intermixture of water masses extends to the bottom. (Author) Trans. of Problemy Arktiki i Antarktiki (USSR) n19 p32-8 1965, tr. by E. R. Hope.

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