Physical and Mechanical Properties and the Forming of the Snow-Firn Cover of Eastern Antarctica

Contents: A brief review on research on the snow-firn cover in areas of continental glaciation; Conditions for the forming of the snow-firn cover of Eastern Antarctica; Research on the physico-mechanical properties of snow and firn; The formation and physico-mechanical properties of the snow-firn co...

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Main Author: Kartashov,S. N.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*GLACIERS
*ANTARCTIC REGIONS)
(*SNOW
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES)
ICE
HARDNESS
DENSITY
CLIMATE
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
SUBLIMATION
TRAFFICABILITY
RECRYSTALLIZATION
LANDING FIELDS
REVIEWS
HANDBOOKS
USSR
TRANSLATIONS
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0715206
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Summary:Contents: A brief review on research on the snow-firn cover in areas of continental glaciation; Conditions for the forming of the snow-firn cover of Eastern Antarctica; Research on the physico-mechanical properties of snow and firn; The formation and physico-mechanical properties of the snow-firn cover in the Eastern Antarctic; The passability conditions of the snow-firn cover and certain other practical conclusions. Trans. of mono. Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Svoistva i Protsessy Formirovaniya Snezhnofirnogo Pokrova Vostochnoi Antarktidii, Moscow, 1962 107p.

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