Quantifying Fluvial Sediment Transport by Anchor Ice

Our long-term goal is to understand how anchor ice rafting acts a sediment transport and dispersal agent. Ice rafting is the transport of rock (of all sizes) by floating ice. Sediment is ice rafted by river, lake and sea ice that forms annually. Anchor ice is a type of ice that forms on the beds of...

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Main Author: Humphrey, Neil F
Other Authors: WYOMING UNIV LARAMIE DEPT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1999
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*SEA ICE
*SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
DRIFT
FLOATING BODIES
FLUVIAL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
ANCHOR ICE RAFTING
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA630378
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA630378
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Summary:Our long-term goal is to understand how anchor ice rafting acts a sediment transport and dispersal agent. Ice rafting is the transport of rock (of all sizes) by floating ice. Sediment is ice rafted by river, lake and sea ice that forms annually. Anchor ice is a type of ice that forms on the beds of rivers, lakes and seas. When anchor ice is released from the bed, it carries entrained sediment to the surface. This entrained sediment may be widely dispersed as the floating anchor ice drifts under the influence of wind and currents.

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