Rapid melting of the terminal section of the Hooker Glacier (Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand)

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-218

  Hochstein, Manfred P ^a   Watson, Matthew I ^a,c   Malengreau, Barbara ^a,d   Nobes, David C ^b   Owens, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c Groundsearch   (New Zealand)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; DC resistivity soundings; Downwasting rate; Glacier retreat; Glacier thickness; Gravity survey; Ground penetrating radar surveys; Ice melt rates; Melt lake development; Temperate glacier

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT;

HOOKER GLACIER; MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032468606     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514805     Document Type: Article

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