The Evolution of a Pulsating Supraglacial Stream

• Main Author: St. Germain, Sarah
• Other Authors: Moorman, Brian
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Graduate Studies 2015
• Subjects: Physical Geography; Glaciology; Hydrology; Supraglacial Stream; Canadian Arctic; Arctic; Bylot Island; Fountain Glacier; Nunavut; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2460; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28140

Supraglacial streams are a significant part of the glacial hydrological regime and important for understanding the dynamics between glacial hydrology, glacier dynamics, and climate change. During the 2014 ablation period on Bylot Island, Nunavut, a supraglacial stream, which flowed over a 13 m high...