Spatial distribution of glacial erosion rates in the St. Elias range, Alaska, inferred from a realistic model of glacier dynamics

• Main Authors: Headley, Rachel, Hallet, Bernard, Roe, Gerard, Waddington, Edwin D, Rignot, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2012
• Subjects: Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Narrow Passage; glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4338898h

Glaciers have been principal erosional agents in many orogens throughout much of the recent geological past. A modern example is the St. Elias Mountains in southeastern Alaska; it is a highly convergent, complex orogen, which has been glaciated for much of its history. We examine the Seward-Malaspin...