Columbia Glacier, Alaska: Recent ice loss and its relationship to seasonal terminal embayments, thinning, and glacier flow
Open-File Report
79-1265
By: William G. Sikonia and Austin Post
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Abstract
In 1974 the U.S. Geological Survey began an intensive investigation of the stability of Columbia Glacier, a calving tidewater glacier terminating in Columbia Bay, near Valdez, Alaska (figure 1).
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Columbia Glacier, Alaska: Recent ice loss and its relationship to seasonal terminal embayments, thinning, and glacier flow |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 79-1265 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr791265 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 3 Plates: 35.70 x 41.80 inches or smaller |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Columbia Glacier |