Anderson, Don L. and Benson, Carl S. (1963) The densification and diagenesis of snow. In: Ice and Snow: Properties, Processes and Applications. MIT Press , Cambridge, MA, pp. 391-411. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140429-160819378
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Abstract
The Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are monomineralic rock formations, primarily metamorphic, but with sedimentary veneers . The metamorphic part consists of glacier ice that has been metamorphosed primarily by flow caused by unbalanced stresses. The sedimentary veneer has a maximum thickness of about 90 meters and consists of snow and firn. This paper is concerned with diagenetic processes occurring within the sedimentary veneer, causing evolution of loose snow to glacier ice. This diagenesis constitutes one step in the over-all balance between accumulation at the snow surface and loss of ice by flow within the metamorphic part of the ice sheet. Although the discussion is based partly on field observations from Greenland, it deals with the general problem of snow densification; indeed, the results are not completely limited to rocks composed of ice but apply in part to the over-all diagenesis of unconsolidated sediments into consolidated sedimentary rock.
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| Additional Information: | © 1963 MIT Press. The first author gratefully acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation (winter 1958 to 1959) and the Arctic Institute of North America under AFCRC Contract. R. Sharp kindly read the manuscript and made many helpful suggestions that have been incorporated into the paper. | ||||||
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