THE ENERGY OF GLACIATION AND THE LIFE OF GLACIERS,
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)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1950
- Accession Number
- AD0659641
Entities
People
- P. A. Shumskii