The "Galloping Glacier" trots: Decadal-scale speed oscillations within the quiescent phase

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 7-13

  Nolan, Matt ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; DEFORMATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER SURGE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ALASKA; BLACK RAPIDS GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041730562     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816149     Document Type: Article

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