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Disintegration of the Lower Reach of Columbia Glacier , Alaska , Now Under Way
mm. By Mark F. Meier The Trans - Alaska Pipeline carries oil from the North
Slope of Alaska , where ice problems abound , to Valdez , described as “ our ...
Disintegration of the Lower Reach of Columbia Glacier , Alaska , Now Under Way
mm. By Mark F. Meier The Trans - Alaska Pipeline carries oil from the North
Slope of Alaska , where ice problems abound , to Valdez , described as “ our ...
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and is low when a glacier terminates in shallow water . When a glacier ends in
shallow water , the rate of ice flow to the terminus can match the rate of ice
discharge from the terminus ; the glacier is stable . On the other hand , when a
glacier ...
and is low when a glacier terminates in shallow water . When a glacier ends in
shallow water , the rate of ice flow to the terminus can match the rate of ice
discharge from the terminus ; the glacier is stable . On the other hand , when a
glacier ...
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As the glacier is and other parts of the terminus more than 1,000 feet thick at the
appeared to be in a near - floating terminus , this is a huge volume of condition .
This situation had not ice discharged each day . been anticipated , but this is the
...
As the glacier is and other parts of the terminus more than 1,000 feet thick at the
appeared to be in a near - floating terminus , this is a huge volume of condition .
This situation had not ice discharged each day . been anticipated , but this is the
...
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DISINTEGRATION OF THE LOWER REACH OF COLUMBIA GLACIER , ALASKA
, NOW UNDER WAY laser which illuminates the burned areas , reflects the
encoded pattern to a photoelectric sensor , and converts the resulting electrical ...
DISINTEGRATION OF THE LOWER REACH OF COLUMBIA GLACIER , ALASKA
, NOW UNDER WAY laser which illuminates the burned areas , reflects the
encoded pattern to a photoelectric sensor , and converts the resulting electrical ...
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Never before have scientists been able to observe the beginning of glacier
instability and drastic retreat , and careful observations of this glacier are adding
much valuable new information , some of which is surprising and unanticipated ...
Never before have scientists been able to observe the beginning of glacier
instability and drastic retreat , and careful observations of this glacier are adding
much valuable new information , some of which is surprising and unanticipated ...
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| Title | United States Geological Survey Yearbook |
| Author | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Publisher | The Survey, 1985 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Dec 2012 |
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