Initial mechanical and physical-structural property measurements of old sea and brackish ice from Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, Canada

• Main Authors: Jeffries, M. O., Sackinger, W. M., Frederking, R. M. W., Timco, G. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: ice; glace (gel); salinity; salinité; density (physics); masse volumique; form (morphology); forme (morphologie); compressive strength; résistance à la compression; ice salinity; ice density; grain size; morphology; uniaxial compressive strength; failure modulus; Ellesmere Island; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf
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Data are presented on ice salinity, density, grain size and morphology, uniaxial compressive strength and failure modulus for old sea and brackish ice specimens from Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Brackish ice mean salinity (0.3 %) is an order of magnitude less than that of sea ice (...