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Ice cover deformations at Adams Island, winter 1982-1983

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Subjectice loads; oceans; sea water; wind direction; motion ( kinematics); lancaster sound; ice movements; ice pressures; canadian arctic ocean; oceanography; wind; ocean; eau de mer; direction du vent; mouvement (cinématique)
Abstract
Measurements of horizontal movements of the ice cover near Adams Island, March to June l983, and in Eclipse Sound, December l982 to June 1983, indicate no apparent coupling between movement direction and wind or current. Average strain rates in the plane of the ice cover were 10 -10 s -1, with a maximum of 10 -8 s -1. Similar strain rate values were obtained on Eclipse Sound. Movement rates at Eclipse Sound were of the same magnitude as those at Adams Island, but the direction was quite different. Maximum calculated and measured ice pressures were 500 and 140 kPa, respectively.
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  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal 23, no. 3 (August 1986): 346–354.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
IdentifierIRC-P-1420
NRC numberNRCC 26644
NRC-IRC-426
NPARC number20358478
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