Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island
Air photographs show that the Otto Glacier in northwestern Ellesmere Island started to surge sometime between 1950 and 1959, with the result that the terminus advanced about 3 km as a floating ice tongue. Maps prepared from the 1959 photographs and from additional photographs taken in 1964 show a fu...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e69-090 2023-12-17T10:29:41+01:00 Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island Hattersley-Smith, G. 1969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e69-090 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e69-090 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 6, issue 4, page 883-889 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 General Earth and Planetary Sciences journal-article 1969 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e69-090 2023-11-19T13:38:29Z Air photographs show that the Otto Glacier in northwestern Ellesmere Island started to surge sometime between 1950 and 1959, with the result that the terminus advanced about 3 km as a floating ice tongue. Maps prepared from the 1959 photographs and from additional photographs taken in 1964 show a further advance of 2-3 km. Information from a subglacial relief map of the terminal part of the glacier, constructed from the results of radio-depth sounding over the glacier in 1966, may have a bearing on the mechanism of glacier surges. Other glaciers in northern Ellesmere Island show features indicative of past surges. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ellesmere Island Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Ellesmere Island Otto Glacier ENVELOPE(-84.149,-84.149,81.349,81.349) Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 6 4 883 889 |
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Air photographs show that the Otto Glacier in northwestern Ellesmere Island started to surge sometime between 1950 and 1959, with the result that the terminus advanced about 3 km as a floating ice tongue. Maps prepared from the 1959 photographs and from additional photographs taken in 1964 show a further advance of 2-3 km. Information from a subglacial relief map of the terminal part of the glacier, constructed from the results of radio-depth sounding over the glacier in 1966, may have a bearing on the mechanism of glacier surges. Other glaciers in northern Ellesmere Island show features indicative of past surges. |
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Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island |
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Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island |
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Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island |
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Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island |
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Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island |
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recent observations on the surging otto glacier, ellesmere island |
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