In 2002, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Sheet in Antarctica. It was...

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In 2002, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Sheet in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle with dimensions 218 km long, 25.0 km wide, and 250.0 m thick. What is the mass of this iceberg, given that the density of ice is 917 kg/m? m = How much heat transfer Q in joules is needed to melt the iceberg? Assume that the temperature of the iceberg is uniform at 0C. The latent heat of fusion for water is 334 kJ/kg. Q = || How many years would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick if the ice absorbs an average of 125 W/m, 12.0 h per day? t = kg J years In 2002, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Sheet in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle with dimensions 218 km long, 25.0 km wide, and 250.0 m thick. What is the mass of this iceberg, given that the density of ice is 917 kg/m? m = How much heat transfer Q in joules is needed to melt the iceberg? Assume that the temperature of the iceberg is uniform at 0C. The latent heat of fusion for water is 334 kJ/kg. Q = || How many years would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick if the ice absorbs an average of 125 W/m, 12.0 h per day? t = kg J years