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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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Fryxell, Roald
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1965
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018724
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000018724