Freezing of Lakes and the Evolution of Their Ice Cover

Ice growth and melting are treated in Chapter 4, while the following chapter focuses on ice mechanics with applications to traffic on ice and ice loads. Chapter 6 goes into the exotic environment of pro-glacial lakes. Chapter 7 contains the stratification and circulation of the water body beneath la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leppäranta, Matti
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:2nd ed. 2023
Series:Springer Praxis Books
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Freezing of lakes
  • Structure and properties of lake ice
  • Thermodynamics of Seasonal lake ice
  • Mechanics of lake ice
  • Proglacial lakes
  • Lake Water Body in the Ice Season
  • Ice-Covered Lakes Environment
  • Lake ice Climatology
  • Future of frozen lakes
  • Annex: Ice Properties and Useful Formulae
  • References
  • Index