Preliminary Data from Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Meier, Mark F., Rigsby, George P., Sharp, Robert P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Institute of North America 1954
• Subjects: Canada; Goldthwait; Greenland; Hess; Perutz; Renaud; Arctic; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98483/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98483/1/66873-Article%20Text-188471-1-10-20101220.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190906-104552028

An understanding of glacier flow is not likely to come from field or laboratory studies alone; both are required. Needed from the field are quantitative data on the movement, size, shape, slope, and thickness of flowing ice bodies. Reliable measurements of the amount and absolute direction of moveme...