F. E. Matthes
1934
<p>Snow<span>‐</span>fields<span> and the so‐called névés of glaciers on lofty mountains often present a peculiar, honeycombed appearance, the surface being pitted with deep cell‐like hollows a foot or two feet in diameter and from a few inches to several feet in depth. When typically developed these hollows are closely spaced, the divides between them consisting merely of attenuated blades and pinnacles of hard, granular </span>snow<span> (Fig. 1). The hollows are alined roughly in rows and sunk </span>at<span> a uniform, </span>high<span> angle, all in the same direction.</span></p>
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10.1029/TR015i002p00380
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American Geophysical Union
Ablation of snow‐fields at high altitudes by radiant solar heat
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