Post-Surge Temperatures in Steele Glacier, Yukon Territory, Canada

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Clarke, Garry K.C., Jarvis, Gary T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1976
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Yukon; Canada; Steele; Steele Glacier; glacier*; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000031580; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000031580

Abstract Deep ice temperatures measured at four widely spaced sites on Steele Glacier show that the thermal regime was profoundly influenced by the 1965-66 surge advance. Three of four measured temperature profiles are "anomalous" in that the upper 100 m of ice is far from thermal equilibrium. Water penetration during the surge is the probable cause of these anomalies. Insufficient data are available to predict the basal ice temperature.