Effects of Stratigraphic Layers on Water Flow Through Snow.

• Main Author: Colbeck,Samuel C.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SNOW; *DRAINAGE); PERMEABILITY; FLUID FLOW; GLACIERS; WATER FLOW; LAYERS; STRATIFICATION; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0767248; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0767248

The flow of water through layered snowpacks is discussed. A method for predicting flow through unsaturated layers is given. The flow along ice layers and through ice layers is analyzed in terms of the slope, permeability, thickness and length of the layers. It is shown that the permeability of ice layers required to cause large flow diversions is quite small. The effect of slope is large even at small angles. (Author)