Seismic and gravity investigations on the Malaspina Glacier, Alaska

• Published in: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
• Main Authors: Allen, Clarence R., Smith, George I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1953
• Subjects: Arctic; Rigsby; Arctic Institute of North America; glacier; The Arctic Institute; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/TR034i005p00755

Seismic reflections obtained from bedrock beneath the Malaspina Glacier along a tenâ€mile profile line indicate ice thicknesses ranging from 1130 to 2050 ft. The base of the ice is 700 ft below sea level near the center of the profile and shallows both northward toward the mountains and southward to...