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CONSOLIDATED ICE COVER [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

Ice cover resulting from the packing and freezing together of floes, brash ice and other forms of floating ice.

OBS

Over time, a consolidated ice covered is referred to as first year ice. It has a high brine content and generally a smooth surface. In the subsequent summer melt period, brine drainage reduces the brine concentration, and a low saline ice with air voids is produced. This is known as multi year ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie

Spanish

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