An Imbalancing Act: The Delayed Dynamic Response of the Kaskawulsh Glacier to Sustained Mass Loss
The Kaskawulsh Glacier is an iconic outlet draining the icefields of the St. Elias Mountains in Yukon, Canada. We determine and attempt to interpret its catchment-wide mass budget since 2007. Using SPOT5/6/7 data we estimate a 2007–18 geodetic balance of −0.46 ± 0.17 m w.e. a−1. We then compute bala...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.107 http://summit.sfu.ca/item/20899 |