Brief Communication: Twelve-year cyclic surging episodes at Donjek Glacier in Yukon, Canada

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Abe, Takahiro, Furuya, Masato, Sakakibara, Daiki
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Canada; Donjek Glacier; Yukon; glacier*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1427-2016; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/10/1427/2016/

Surge-type glaciers repeat their short active phase and their much longer quiescent phase usually every several decades or longer, but detailed observations of the evolution cycles have been limited to only a few glaciers. Here we report three surging episodes in 1989, 2001, and 2013 at Donjek Glaci...