Névé-Capped Snow Pillars Resulting from Ablation on Teton Glacier, Wyoming
Abstract Névé -capped snow pillars found on Teton Glacier in August 1956 were formed in the same manner as the ice cones of glacier tables, the névé acting in this instance as the protective cover usually provided by slabs of rock. Measurements of the largest pillar indicate a minimum ablation of 6....
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000018724 2024-03-03T08:46:01+00:00 Névé-Capped Snow Pillars Resulting from Ablation on Teton Glacier, Wyoming Fryxell, Roald 1965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018724 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000018724 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 5, issue 41, page 727-734 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1965 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018724 2024-02-08T08:47:47Z Abstract Névé -capped snow pillars found on Teton Glacier in August 1956 were formed in the same manner as the ice cones of glacier tables, the névé acting in this instance as the protective cover usually provided by slabs of rock. Measurements of the largest pillar indicate a minimum ablation of 6.5 ft. (1.98 m.) of snow on the surface of Teton Glacier for that summer up to 7 August, and suggest an average rate of snow wastage of 1.5 in. (3.8 cm.) per day during this time. The pillars appear to have been produced by ablation through melting due primarily to direct radiation but supplemented by indirect radiation and conduction-convection influenced by air currents moving across the surface of the glacier. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Pillar ENVELOPE(166.217,166.217,-77.583,-77.583) Journal of Glaciology 5 41 727 734 |
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Abstract Névé -capped snow pillars found on Teton Glacier in August 1956 were formed in the same manner as the ice cones of glacier tables, the névé acting in this instance as the protective cover usually provided by slabs of rock. Measurements of the largest pillar indicate a minimum ablation of 6.5 ft. (1.98 m.) of snow on the surface of Teton Glacier for that summer up to 7 August, and suggest an average rate of snow wastage of 1.5 in. (3.8 cm.) per day during this time. The pillars appear to have been produced by ablation through melting due primarily to direct radiation but supplemented by indirect radiation and conduction-convection influenced by air currents moving across the surface of the glacier. |
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Névé-Capped Snow Pillars Resulting from Ablation on Teton Glacier, Wyoming |
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Névé-Capped Snow Pillars Resulting from Ablation on Teton Glacier, Wyoming |
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Névé-Capped Snow Pillars Resulting from Ablation on Teton Glacier, Wyoming |
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