Recession of Glacier Tasîssârssik A, East Greenland
Abstract The maximum diameters of a lichen of known growth rate have been measured on the bedrock flanking glacier Tasîssârssik A (lat. 66° 06′ N., long. 36° 58′ W.) in East Greenland. The estimated age of the lateral trimline of this glacier is 133±20 yr., indicating that the recent recession of th...
Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1964
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000029130 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000029130 |