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Document Type
Research
Abstract
Ice caves are found in Eastern Oregon, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and in other states. The caves are very long and narrow and have relatively small openings. Long, cold winters seem to be an essential also in most of them. The cold, heavy air fills the caves, and condenses the warmer, moist air below the freezing point, forming ice as the two diffuse slowly at the entrance. If the air chamber is large enough and the cave opening small enough, the diffusion and ice-forming will continue throughout the year, as in the cave in Bixby State Park. If not there will be an ice-free period as in the ice-cave near Decorah.
Publication Date
1932
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
39
Issue
1
First Page
196
Last Page
196
Copyright
©1932 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Smith, John E.
(1932)
"Ice Caves,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 39(1), 196-196.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol39/iss1/48