FORMATION OF A MODERN ICE-PUSH RIDGE BY THERMAL EXPANSION OF LAKE ICE IN SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT.

• Main Author: Pessl,Fred , Jr
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*ICE; THERMAL EXPANSION); (*THERMAL EXPANSION; STRESSES); LAKES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; BEACHES; CONNECTICUT; *ICE FORMATION; WINTER; Gardner; Gardner Lake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0694373; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0694373

A modern ice-push ridge on the northwest shore of Gardner Lake in southeastern Connecticut is 0.6-1.2 m high and 1.2-3.1 m wide. In February and March 1967, the positions of survey stakes placed on the lake ice were measured periodically. During the same period, air and ice temperature and solar rad...