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Page 166
... cover . On most lakes , a skim of ice , or thin agglomeratic ice , forms and dissipates up to several times before the " permanent " seasonal ice cover is established . Ice growth . After a complete ice cover is established , it ...
... cover . On most lakes , a skim of ice , or thin agglomeratic ice , forms and dissipates up to several times before the " permanent " seasonal ice cover is established . Ice growth . After a complete ice cover is established , it ...
Page 167
... cover and other factors whose effects are assigned numerical values between 0.65 and 1.00 . Several studies have indicated that there is a gradual in- crease in water temperature at depth after ice - cover for- mation . This has been ...
... cover and other factors whose effects are assigned numerical values between 0.65 and 1.00 . Several studies have indicated that there is a gradual in- crease in water temperature at depth after ice - cover for- mation . This has been ...
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... cover as it does in lakes , and of the in- creased discharge accompanying snowmelt and spring rains . As river levels rise and flow velocities increase , the weakened ice is broken loose and begins to move down- stream . As the ice cover ...
... cover as it does in lakes , and of the in- creased discharge accompanying snowmelt and spring rains . As river levels rise and flow velocities increase , the weakened ice is broken loose and begins to move down- stream . As the ice cover ...
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