Terminus dynamics at an advancing glacier: Taku Glacier, Alaska

• Main Authors: Truffer, M, Motyka, RJ, Hekkers, M, Howat, IM, Matt King
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified; basal ice; flow modeling; glacier advance; glacier dynamics; glacier flow; pressure gradient; subglacial environment; tidewater glacier; Alaska; Taku Glacier; United States; Taku; glacier; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Terminus_dynamics_at_an_advancing_glacier_Taku_Glacier_Alaska/22896161

Taku Glacier, Alaska, USA, is currently in the advance stage of the tidewater glacier cycle. We investigated the near-terminus dynamics by measuring surface velocities, surface elevation changes, ice thickness and ablation. Velocities vary on sub-daily, diurnal, seasonal and interannual timescales....