Glacier retreat and melt-lake expansion at Stephenson Glacier, Heard Island World Heritage Area
Historical records, recent observations, and geomorphological evidence indicate that rates of retreat and downwasting of the tidewater Stephenson Glacier, and concurrent expansion of ice-marginal melt-lakes, has increased by an order of magnitude since 1987. Melt-lake expansion is partly the product...
Published in: | Polar Record |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2002
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400017988 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/24518 |