Contributions to glaciology and polar engineering

• Main Author: Mellor, Malcolm.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Melbourne 1969
• Subjects: Glaciology; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; Byrd; Byrd Station; Greenland; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; South pole; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/340888

Typescript Thesis (DAppSc)-- University of Melbourne, Faculty of Science, 1969 Includes bibliographical references Earth science aspects of glaciology : Glacier observations in NW Spitsbergen -- Australian glaciological contributions in Antarctica -- Temperature gradients in the Antarctic ice sheet -- The Amery ice shelf and its hinterland -- The Antarctic ice sheet -- Remarks concerning the Antarctic mass balance -- The Antarctic ice budget and Pleistocene variations of ice volume -- Snow and ice on the earth's surface -- Ice formation in polar regions -- Material properties : Creep tests on Antarctic glacier ice -- A brief review of the thermal properties and radiation characteristics of snow -- Properties of snow -- Polar snow a summary of engineering properties -- Strength studies on snow -- Some optical properties of snow -- Confined creep tests on polar snow -- Light scattering and particle aggregation in snow-storms -- Creep of snow and ice -- A note on the mechanics of glacier flow -- Cold regions engineering : Sea ice observations, 1954-58 -- Building on polar ice caps -- Informal comments on South Pole construction -- Oversnow transport -- Oversnow travel flying -- Promoting the decay of sea ice -- Design of high-speed snow plows -- Comments on rotary snow plows -- Fall velocity of snow particles -- Undersnow structures N-34 radar station, Greenland -- Undersnow structures Byrd station, Antarctica -- Snow removal and ice control -- Blowing snow.