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- How does snow influence the biotic environment??
- What influence on snow distribution does continentality have?
- The elements Na and Cl are dominant in a snowpack (meltwater) analysis
in the French Alps. Also the Ca-value is high. Explain the origin of
these chemical elements in the snowpack. Which other elements are often
found?
- Write the energy balance equation and explain the different components
and their influence. In addition explain other energy fluxes within
and under the glaciers.
- Explain the difference between cold, polythermal and temperate glaciers.
Give examples of areas, where these glacier types occur.
- Which factors determine the ground temperatures in permafrost environments?
- Which ice forms in permafrost ground can you name? Explain the differences
between the syngenetic and epigentic freezing process.
- Explain the process chain between climate and glacier.
- Why is snow cover an important factor in the climate-permafrost relationship?
- Explain the flow of a glacier and draw a scheme with a typical vertical
flow profile.
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