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... flow is well mixed - i.e . , that any parcel of water is con- tinually changing its vertical , as well as its horizontal , position in the flow . Because of that turbulence , tempera- ture stratifications cannot arise , and sheet ice ...
... flow is well mixed - i.e . , that any parcel of water is con- tinually changing its vertical , as well as its horizontal , position in the flow . Because of that turbulence , tempera- ture stratifications cannot arise , and sheet ice ...
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... flow . In the accumulation area the mass bal- ance is positive year after year . Here the glacier would become thicker and thicker were it not for the compen- sating flow of ice away from the glacier . This flow also supplies mass to ...
... flow . In the accumulation area the mass bal- ance is positive year after year . Here the glacier would become thicker and thicker were it not for the compen- sating flow of ice away from the glacier . This flow also supplies mass to ...
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Flow rates age before present ( years ) Oxygen isotopes and paleotem- peratures Accumula- tion and ablation on ... Flow of the ice sheets . In general , the flow in ice sheets is from central high points radially outward to the sea . In ...
Flow rates age before present ( years ) Oxygen isotopes and paleotem- peratures Accumula- tion and ablation on ... Flow of the ice sheets . In general , the flow in ice sheets is from central high points radially outward to the sea . In ...
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