On the Formation of Snow Penitentes
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- 1 January 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 3 (24) , 304-311
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000023972
Abstract
An attempt is made to throw some light on the physical processes in the development of penitentes as a result of new observations in Peru and a study of the literature. This paper offers a variety of approaches to the problem rather than any final view or theory, and is therefore mostly suggestive and intended to be a program for further, more detailed research.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Ablation Polygons on Snow—Further Observations and TheoriesJournal of Glaciology, 1957
- Discussion of “Report of the Committee on Snow, 1954–55”EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1957
- The Origin of PenitentsJournal of Glaciology, 1954