Given the slightly negative slope of the phase boundary between liquid water and ice in Figure 1.2,

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Given the slightly negative slope of the phase boundary between liquid water and ice in Figure 1.2, how much would the pressure-melting point of ice be depressed at the base of an ice sheet 1 km thick?

Figure 1.2

Pressure (kPa) 0.611 dT/dP = -0.00074 K/100 kPa freezing melting ICE WATER deposition sublimation. triple

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Geomorphology The Mechanics And Chemistry Of Landscapes

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Authors: Robert S. Anderson, Suzanne P. Anderson

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