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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>A. Johnson</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1960</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Variation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;surface&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;elevations of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Nisqually&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Glacier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;has been recorded since 1942 by the annual measurement of three profiles across the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;glacier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, designated as nos. 1, 2, and 3, located 0.5, 1.0, and 1.7 miles respectively from the terminus, at approximate mean elevations of 5,250,6,000, and 6,800 feet. A fourth profile, 2-A, located 1.4 miles from the terminus at an approximate mean&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;elevation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;of 6,450 was measured from 1948 to 1954. These profiles cross the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;glacier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;approximately normal to the direction of flow. Additional data are available from measurements made at profiles no. 1 and no. 2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1931, 1932 and 1941. The results of these measurements show that a wave or surge has been moving down the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;glacier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.The mean&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;elevation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;at profile no. 3 began to increase&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1945 and continued through 1951 when it was 83 feet higher than&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1944. The general trend from 1952 to 1959 has been a decrease&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;elevation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;with a net change of 30 feet since 1951. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;surface&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;elevation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;at profile no. 2 continued to decrease through 1948, but began to increase&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1949 and continued to do so through 1957&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;which year the mean&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;elevation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;was 102 feet higher than&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1948. The wave became apparent at profile no. 1&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1954 or 9 years after it first became evident at profile no. 3. The mean&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;elevation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;has continued to increase and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1959 was 70 feet higher than&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1954. The increase&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;surface&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;elevation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;has been accompanied by a pronounced increase&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;rate of movement of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;glacier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.1080/02626666009493180</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Taylor &amp; Francis</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Variation in surface elevation of the nisqually glacier Mt. Rainier, Washington</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>