Quiescent-phase evolution of a surge-type glacier: Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, U.S.A.

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Heinrichs, T.A., Mayo, L.R., Echelmeyer, K.A., Harrison, W.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1996
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Delta River; alaska range; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000030574; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000030574

Abstract Black Rapids Glacier, a surge-type glacier in the Alaska Range, most recently surged in 1936–37 and is currently in its quiescent phase. Mass balance, ice velocity and thickness change have been measured at three to ten sites from 1972 to 1994. The annual speed has undergone cyclical fluctu...