Crystal Structure and Salinity of Sea Ice in Hebron Fiord and Vicinity, Labrador

• Main Author: Gow,Anthony J.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SALINITY; *SEA ICE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ICE; BRINES; LOSSES; SURFACES; SHEETS; FLUSHING; MELTING; SITES; TIME; OCEAN CURRENTS; FJORDS; NEWFOUNDLAND(PROVINCE); AST24; PE61102A; WU001; Hebron; Hebron Fiord; Newfoundland; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA180930; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA180930

In this report we present results of measurements of the crystalline structure and salinity characteristics of sea ice in Hebron Fiord and vicinity, Labrador. Structurally, the fiord ice was entirely first year and composed predominantly of congelation, columnar-type crystals. At most of the samplin...