The Surge of an Alaskan Glacier: A Moving Experience

Author: Dietrich, Jane S.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 47, Number 5, 1984, pp. 6-10

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 47:5, May 1984

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:47.5.Surge

Abstract

Caltech geologist and geophysicist Barclay Kamb has learned that glaciers do not always move at a glacial pace. Since 1973 he has been doing research to find out why.

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