Glacier retreat and melt-lake expansion at Stephenson Glacier, Heard Island World Heritage Area

Abstract Historical records, recent observations, and geomorphological evidence indicate that rates of retreat and downwasting of the tidewater Stephenson Glacier, and concurrent expansion of ice-marginal melt-lakes, has increased by an order of magnitude since 1987. Melt-lake expansion is partly th...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Kiernan, Kevin, McConnell, Anne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Heard Island
Stephenson
Stephenson Glacier
Antarc*
Polar Record
Tidewater
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400017988
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400017988

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