Earthquake-Induced Changes in Alaskan Glaciers

Abstract The earthquake of 27 March 1964 in Alaska created a great number of rock avalanches which discharged onto the glaciers from the surrounding mountains. The ice falls became much more broken up than normal but the remainder of the surface of the glaciers was largely unchanged except for more...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Nielsen, Lawrence E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1965
Subjects:
Earth-Surface Processes
glaciers
Journal of Glaciology
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018931
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000018931 2024-03-03T08:44:41+00:00 Earthquake-Induced Changes in Alaskan Glaciers Nielsen, Lawrence E. 1965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018931 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000018931 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 5, issue 42, page 865-867 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1965 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018931 2024-02-08T08:47:47Z Abstract The earthquake of 27 March 1964 in Alaska created a great number of rock avalanches which discharged onto the glaciers from the surrounding mountains. The ice falls became much more broken up than normal but the remainder of the surface of the glaciers was largely unchanged except for more open crevasses than before the earthquake. Article in Journal/Newspaper glaciers Journal of Glaciology Alaska Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 5 42 865 867
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description Abstract The earthquake of 27 March 1964 in Alaska created a great number of rock avalanches which discharged onto the glaciers from the surrounding mountains. The ice falls became much more broken up than normal but the remainder of the surface of the glaciers was largely unchanged except for more open crevasses than before the earthquake.
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