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...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Kiernan, K, McConnell, A
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2002
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400017988
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/24518