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Glaciological Literature

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Journal of Glaciology , Volume 2 , Issue 20 , 1956 , pp. 774 - 780
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Copyright © International Glaciological Society 1956

This selected list of glaciological literature has been prepared by J. W. Glen with the assistance of T. H. Ellison, W. B. Harland, Miss D. M. Johnson, G. T. Warwick and the Staff of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Its field is the scientific study of snow and ice and of their effects on the earth; for the literature on polar expeditions, and also on the “applied” aspects of glaciology, such as snow ploughs, readers should consult the bibliographies in each issue of the Polar Record. For Russian material the system of transliteration used is that agreed by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use in 1947.

Readers can greatly assist by sending reprints of their publications to the Society, or by informing Dr. Glen of publications of glaciological interest.

References

General Glaciology

Baird, P. D. Glaciological research in the Canadian Arctic. Arctic, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1955, p. 96–508. [Review of past and present work.]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Glaciological Instruments and Methods

Crary, A. P. Seismic soundings in polar ice. Geographical Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, 1955, p. 428–30. [Examination of seismic methods: comments on recent literature.]Google Scholar
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Physics of Ice

Amako, Y. Electronic structure of water molecule. Scientific Reports of TShoku University, First Ser., Vol. 38, No. 1; 1954, p. 77–84. [Calculation of electronic structure to give ionization potential and dipole moment of the H2O molecule.]Google Scholar
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Mossop, S. C. The freezing of supercooled water. Proceedings of the Physical Society, Sect. B, Vol. 68, No. 424B, 1955, p. 193–208. [Values for the supercooling of very pure water in glass tubes down to –34.f C.]Google Scholar
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Ōkita, T. A supplementary note on ice crystal growth. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Ser. 2, Vol. 32, Nos. 9–10, 1954, p. 312. [Experiments on rate of growth of ice crystals in the atmosphere compared with theory.]Google Scholar
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Spernol, A. Zur Protonbeweglichkeit im Eis. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie, Bd. 59, Nr. 1, 1955, 31–32. [Resistance of dilute solutions of HCI, NaOH and KC1 in ice decreases very rapidly between 0° and –15 C., and is much less in KCI than HC1 or NaOH. This is interpreted as due to a special mechanism of proton migration.]Google Scholar
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Land Ice. Geaciera. Ice Shelves

Ambach, W. Über den nächtlichen Wärmeumsatz der gefrorenen Gletscheroberfläche. Archiv far Meteorologie, Geophysik und Bioklimatologie, Ser. A, Bd. 8, Ht. 4, 1955, p. 411–26. [Measurements of the nocturnal heat balance of the frozen surface of the glacier on the Vernagtferner.]Google Scholar
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Bauer, A. Über die in der heutigen Vergletscherung der Erde als Eis gebundene Wassermasse. Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, Bd. 6, 1955, p. 60–70. [Estimate of the total ice cover of the earth as 21,740,000 cu. km. or a sheet of water 54 m. deep.]Google Scholar
Bout, P., and others. Géomorphologie et glaciologie en Islande centrale, par P. Bout J. Corbel M. Derruau L. Garavel et C. P. Péguy (1). Norois, 2e An., No, 8, 1955, p. 461–571. [Includes studies of glacier regime of Hofsjökull, also temperature, “rock glaciers” and geomorphology of central Iceland. English summary.]Google Scholar
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Icebergs. Sea, River and Laxe Ice

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Glacial Geology

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Frost Action on Rocks and Soil. Frozen ground. Permafrost

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Meteorological and Climatological Glaciology

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Snow

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