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... metres . If the ice is not broken up or melted each season , it finally reaches an equilibrium thickness of about three to four metres in five to eight years , when the annual ablation ( loss by any means ) at the top and the bottom ...
... metres . If the ice is not broken up or melted each season , it finally reaches an equilibrium thickness of about three to four metres in five to eight years , when the annual ablation ( loss by any means ) at the top and the bottom ...
Page 168
... metres or so of water ) . Modern sonar systems include the Seabeam multibeam echo sounder and the GLORIA scanning sonar ( see EX- PLORATION : Undersea exploration : Methodology and in- strumentation : Exploration of the seafloor and the ...
... metres or so of water ) . Modern sonar systems include the Seabeam multibeam echo sounder and the GLORIA scanning sonar ( see EX- PLORATION : Undersea exploration : Methodology and in- strumentation : Exploration of the seafloor and the ...
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100 metres 25 water depth ( in metres ) 30 30 SE Sedimen- tary processes responsible for rise develop- ment fine sand patches 100 metres 0 1 kilometre sand wave Figure 47 : ( Top ) Side - scan sonograph of a sand wave field and ( bottom ) ...
100 metres 25 water depth ( in metres ) 30 30 SE Sedimen- tary processes responsible for rise develop- ment fine sand patches 100 metres 0 1 kilometre sand wave Figure 47 : ( Top ) Side - scan sonograph of a sand wave field and ( bottom ) ...
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NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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