Robert P Sharp
Biographic Data
| ID | 1347557 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert P Sharp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert P |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharp |
| SIGNATURE | SHARP R P |
| AFFILIATIONS | California Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1940 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Living Ice
Living Ice. Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation
Glacier Bay
The World of Ice
Glaciers
The Latest Major Advance of Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
Evidence from many widely separated localities indicates that hundreds or possibly thousands of years ago Alaskan glaciers were much smaller than at present. The shrinking of the ice is usually attributed to the unfavorable environment of the post-Wisconsin warm-dry interval, during which spruce forests spread across much of the area laid bare by glacier recession. With the return to cooler, moister conditions in more recent times, the glaciers e…
Glaciers in the Arctic
Contains a compilation of literature and available data on arctic glaciers, originally prepared for Encyclopedia Arctica in 1949, and brought up to date. Ahlmann's morphological classification of glaciers is given, and the distribution, area, volume, and present regime of the glaciers is described. Regional treatment follows: Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya, Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, Severnaya Zemlya, also other small Siberian…
Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada
"Work on the glacier was initiated in the summer of 1952. Velocity measurements were made from 52 stations on the glacier surface. Reduction of the triangulation data is incomplete but preliminary measurements indicate that englacial movement is oblique to the surface. The max. velocity (1.2 ft/day) was observed at mid-glacier, one mi. below the firn line. Isolated reverse movements were also noted. Five different types of crevasses observed on t…
Glacier Variations and Climatic Fluctuations by, H. W
Galcial-Meteorological Investigations in Swedish Lappland
The Wolf Creek Glaciers, St. Elias Range, Yukon Territory
Perennially Frozen Ground in Alaska
Ground-Ice Mounds in Tundra
HE tundra in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions' is irregular and rough in detail but relatively featureless in broader aspect. Low, scattered mounds that interrupt the monotony attract immediate attention. Although the mounds differ in size and shape, most of them are a few feet high, many tens of feet in circumference, and gently rounded or slightly asymmetrical in cross section. The large and well-developed mound of Figure i is 6o feet long, 22 fee…
Landslides and Earthflows near Ventura, Southern California
UNOFF and other phenomena associated with heavy rains during the winter of I937-I938 produced many significant changes in the landscape of southern California. The rainfall was especially heavy in the period February 28-March 3, I938, when 712 inches of rain fell; at Ventura 4 inches fell in 24 hours on March 2 and 3. Landslides were set in motion, and great quantities of material in areas of weathered bedrock were moved by earthflows. The Ventur…
The Latest Major Advance of Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
Evidence from many widely separated localities indicates that hundreds or possibly thousands of years ago Alaskan glaciers were much smaller than at present. The shrinking of the ice is usually attributed to the unfavorable environment of the post-Wisconsin warm-dry interval, during which spruce forests spread across much of the area laid bare by glacier recession. With the return to cooler, moister conditions in more recent times, the glaciers e…
Glacier Bay
Landslides and Earthflows near Ventura, Southern California
UNOFF and other phenomena associated with heavy rains during the winter of I937-I938 produced many significant changes in the landscape of southern California. The rainfall was especially heavy in the period February 28-March 3, I938, when 712 inches of rain fell; at Ventura 4 inches fell in 24 hours on March 2 and 3. Landslides were set in motion, and great quantities of material in areas of weathered bedrock were moved by earthflows. The Ventur…
Landslides and Earthflows near Ventura, Southern California
UNOFF and other phenomena associated with heavy rains during the winter of I937-I938 produced many significant changes in the landscape of southern California. The rainfall was especially heavy in the period February 28-March 3, I938, when 712 inches of rain fell; at Ventura 4 inches fell in 24 hours on March 2 and 3. Landslides were set in motion, and great quantities of material in areas of weathered bedrock were moved by earthflows. The Ventur…
Ground-Ice Mounds in Tundra
HE tundra in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions' is irregular and rough in detail but relatively featureless in broader aspect. Low, scattered mounds that interrupt the monotony attract immediate attention. Although the mounds differ in size and shape, most of them are a few feet high, many tens of feet in circumference, and gently rounded or slightly asymmetrical in cross section. The large and well-developed mound of Figure i is 6o feet long, 22 fee…
Perennially Frozen Ground in Alaska
The Wolf Creek Glaciers, St. Elias Range, Yukon Territory
Galcial-Meteorological Investigations in Swedish Lappland
Glacier Variations and Climatic Fluctuations by, H. W
Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada
"Work on the glacier was initiated in the summer of 1952. Velocity measurements were made from 52 stations on the glacier surface. Reduction of the triangulation data is incomplete but preliminary measurements indicate that englacial movement is oblique to the surface. The max. velocity (1.2 ft/day) was observed at mid-glacier, one mi. below the firn line. Isolated reverse movements were also noted. Five different types of crevasses observed on t…
Glaciers in the Arctic
Contains a compilation of literature and available data on arctic glaciers, originally prepared for Encyclopedia Arctica in 1949, and brought up to date. Ahlmann's morphological classification of glaciers is given, and the distribution, area, volume, and present regime of the glaciers is described. Regional treatment follows: Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya, Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, Severnaya Zemlya, also other small Siberian…
The Latest Major Advance of Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
Evidence from many widely separated localities indicates that hundreds or possibly thousands of years ago Alaskan glaciers were much smaller than at present. The shrinking of the ice is usually attributed to the unfavorable environment of the post-Wisconsin warm-dry interval, during which spruce forests spread across much of the area laid bare by glacier recession. With the return to cooler, moister conditions in more recent times, the glaciers e…
Glaciers
The World of Ice
Glacier Bay
Living Ice. Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation
Living Ice
Geography (14 works) · Geology (13 works) · Geology (13 works) · Physical geography (11 works) · Glacier (9 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (8 works) · Climate change and permafrost (7 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Climatology (4 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 works)