THE ENERGY OF GLACIATION AND THE LIFE OF GLACIERS,

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Abstract:

Contents The energy of glaciation The intensity of the processes of accumulation and ablation at the snow line The geological activity of glaciers The snow line The relation between the energy of glaciation and the altitude of the snow line The energy of glaciation and the fluctuation of glaciers Meteorological factors of accumulation and ablation The climatic nature of glaciation The consequences of a general cooling of climate and the problem of the metachronicity of glaciers The Simpson hypothesis The genetic classification of glaciers. Author

Author(s):
Shumskii, P. A.
Author Organization(s):
SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
Supplementary Note:
Trans. of Energiya Oledeneniya i Zhizn Lednikov, Moscow, 1947 60p.
Annotation:
Translation of Russian research. The energy of glaciation and the life of glaciers.
Pagination:
0029

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Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
SIPRE-Trans-7, TT-67-63069
Monitor Series:
67-63069
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
(*GLACIERS, ENERGY), ABLATION, INTENSITY, SNOW, CLASSIFICATION, ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION, PERIODIC VARIATIONS, COLD WEATHER TESTS, POLAR REGIONS, CLIMATE, WATER VAPOR, TROPOSPHERE, MOTION, EQUILIBRIUM(PHYSIOLOGY), WIND, CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER), THERMAL RADIATION, TEMPERATURE, USSR
Field(s)/Group(s):
Snow, Ice and Permafrost
Report Date:
1949 Jan 01