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Growth of a grounding-line fan at Muir Glacier, Southeast Alaska in Acoustic Images of Glaciated Continental Margins, Davies

Seramur, K.C., Cowan, E.A. Powell, R.D. and Carlson, P.R.

T.A. et al. eds. Chapman and Hall, London, p. 194-197

Jan 1, 1997

Abstract:

Two high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles collected 13 years apart along the axis of Muir Inlet show the growth of a grounding-line fan to an ice-contact delta at the terminus of Muir Glacier (Fig. 1). During this time, the position of the terminus was quasi-stable and the submarine fan grew to sea level, changing the glacier terminus from tidewater to terrestrial [cf Powell, 1990].

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