Larsen Shelf Ice

Larsen Shelf Ice
Ларсена шельфовый ледник Ледник в Антарктиде, на восточном побережье Антарктического полуострова. Плошадь с ледниковыми куполами ок. 86 тыс. кв. км. Мощность льда 150-500 м.

Англо-русский словарь географических названий. 2013.

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  • Ice sheet dynamics — describe the motion within large bodies of ice, such those currently on Greenland and Antarctica. Ice motion is dominated by the movement of glaciers, whose gravity driven activity is controlled by two main variable factors: the temperature and… …   Wikipedia

  • Larsen Ice Shelf — The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long, fringing ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to the area just southward of Hearst Island. Named for Captain Carl Anton Larsen …   Wikipedia

  • Ice shelf — An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada only. The boundary between the floating ice… …   Wikipedia

  • Larsen Ice Shelf — /lahr seuhn/ an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the NW Weddell Sea, on the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula: first explored 1893. * * * Ice shelf in the northwestern Weddell Sea, adjoining the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is named …   Universalium

  • Larsen — may refer to:In engineering: * Larsen Toubro, India s largest engineering and construction conglomeratePeople with the surname Larsen: *Larsen (surname)ee also* [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/larsen.html Leonard Larson Papers, 1942… …   Wikipedia

  • Larsen-Schelfeis — 67.5 62.5 Koordinaten: 67° 30′ 0″ S, 62° 30′ 0″ W …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ice rise — An ice rise is a clearly defined elevation of the otherwise totally flat ice shelf, typically dome shaped and rising 100 to 200 meters above the surrounding ice shelf. An ice rise forms where the ice shelf touches the rocky seabed because of an… …   Wikipedia

  • Larsen B — 67.5 62.57Koordinaten: 67° 30′ 0″ S, 62° 30′ 0″ W …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • shelf — shelflike, adj. /shelf/, n., pl. shelves /shelvz/. 1. a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects. 2. the contents of this: a shelf of books. 3. a surface or projection resembling this;… …   Universalium

  • ice — iceless, adj. icelike, adj. /uys/, n., v., iced, icing, adj. n. 1. the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water. 2. the frozen surface of a body of water. 3. any substance resembling frozen water: camphor ice …   Universalium

  • Ice shelf — Barrière de glace Principales barrières de glace de l Antarctique      Barrière de Ross (472 960 km²) …   Wikipédia en Français


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