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Principles of structural glaciology : the petrography of fresh-water ice as a method of glaciological investigation.
- Title
- Principles of structural glaciology : the petrography of fresh-water ice as a method of glaciological investigation.
- Author
- Shumskiĭ, P. A.
- Publication
- New York, Dover Publications [1964]
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| Text | Use in library | 85129.855 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 497 pages
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 459-487.
- Contents
- The mineralogy and crystallography of ice : Minerals of the ice group -- The structure and goniometric symmetry of ordinary ice crystals -- The basic physical properties of ordinary ice : Ice crystal nucleation : The freezing of water ; Spontaneous sublimation -- The growth and form of ice crystals : Ice crystals in water ; Atmospheric crystals -- The petrology of ice : General questions of ice petrology : Ice as a rock formation -- Impurities in ice : Gases ; Water ; Salts ; Insoluble solid inclusions -- Methods of petrographic ice study : Study of the modes of occurrence ; Macroscopic description of structure ; Determination of the hardness and air permeability of porous ice formations; granulometric analysis of such formations ; Crystallographic research : Study of porous ice formations in reflected light ; Study of ice texture by methods of partial melting ; Optical crystallographic methods of studying ice structure ; Processing optical crystallographic data. Investigation of impurities : Quantitative analysis of the impurities ; Chemical, mineralogical and granulometric analyses of impurities -- Congelation ice : Congelation ice formation : Introductory remarks ; The formation of the primary layer of ice ; Orthotropic crystallization ; Freezing of the central nucleus -- Variants and modes of occurrence of congelation ice : Ordinary congelation ice ; Repeated congelation ice : Extruded ice ; Perennial vein ice. Segregation congelation ice : Segregation ice ; Injection ice – Sedimentary ice : Deposition of the snow cover -- Metamorphic ice : Review of the processes of ice metamorphism -- Metamorphic ice formation : The “cold” type of metamorphic ice formation : Diagenesis of the snow cover ; Firnifications and ice formation. The “warm” type of metamorphic ice formation : Firnification ; Ice formation -- The dynamic metamorphism of ice : Stresses and movement in natural ice bodies ; Metamorphism induced by flow ; Metamorphism induced by pressure : Cataclasis of ice under pressure ; Extrusion flow ; Regelation metamorphism. Metamorphism induced by friction : Dislocation metamorphism ; Regelation metamorphism. Gravitational crushing -- The thermal metamorphism of ice -- The cycle of sedimentary ice metamorphism : The genetic classification of ice rocks -- The geography of ice : The nature of the ice formation processes -- The zones of ice formation : The recrystallization zone ; The recrystallization-infiltration zone ; The “cold” infiltration zone ; The “warm” infiltration zone ; The infiltration congelation zone ; Glaciation and permafrost ; The congelation zone ; The seasonal congelation zone -- Distribution of the processes of dynamic metamorphism -- The structure of the cryosphere.
- LCCN
- 64015518
- OCLC
- ocm00546559
- 546559
- SCSB-244441
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library