Measured Re-advance of a Debris-covered Glacier Terminus in the President Range, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Abstract Measurements made at the terminus of Emerald Glacier in the Rocky Mountains of Canada indicate terminal re-advance in the order of one to two metres per year sustained since 1978 at least. Re-advance is maximum along that part of the terminus which is heavily covered with supraglacial debri...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1985
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000004937 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000004937 |
| Summary: | Abstract Measurements made at the terminus of Emerald Glacier in the Rocky Mountains of Canada indicate terminal re-advance in the order of one to two metres per year sustained since 1978 at least. Re-advance is maximum along that part of the terminus which is heavily covered with supraglacial debris, where ice remains in contact with a push-moraine all summer. Re-advance may represent fluctuations of a small, responsive ice mass, or the early effects of recent climatic deterioration. |
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