Kinematics of the exceptionally-short surge cycles of Sít' Kusá (Turner Glacier), Alaska, from 1983 to 2013

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Nolan, Andrew, Kochtitzky, William, Enderlin, Ellyn, McNabb, Robert Whitfield, Kreutz, Karl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Turner Glacier; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/91764; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-94351; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.29

Abstract Glacier surges are periodic episodes of mass redistribution characterized by dramatic increases in ice flow velocity and, sometimes, terminus advance. We use optical satellite imagery to document five previously unexamined surge events of Sít’ Kusá (Turner Glacier) in the St. Elias Mountain...