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Changes In The Geometry And Volume Of Rabots Glaciär, Sweden, 2003-2011: Recent Accelerated Volume Loss Linked To More Negative Summer Balances, Keith A. Brugger, Latysha Pankratz Jan 2015

Changes In The Geometry And Volume Of Rabots Glaciär, Sweden, 2003-2011: Recent Accelerated Volume Loss Linked To More Negative Summer Balances, Keith A. Brugger, Latysha Pankratz

Geology Publications

Terminus geometry, ice margins, and surface elevations on Rabots glaciär were measured using differential GPS during summer 2011 and compared with those similarly measured in 2003. Glacier length over the eight years decreased by ∼105 m corresponding to 13 m a−1, a rate consistent with ice recession over the last several decades. Measured changes in surface elevations show that between 2003 and 2011 the glacier’s volume decreased by ∼27.6 ± 2.6 × 106 m3, or 3.5± 0.3 × 106 m3 a−1. This compares favorably with an estimate of −28.1 ± 2.6 × 106 m3 based on a mass-balance approach. The …


Instruments And Methods: A Method For Recording Ice Ablation Using A Low-Cost Ultrasonic Rangefinder, M. Len Keeler, Keith A. Brugger Jan 2012

Instruments And Methods: A Method For Recording Ice Ablation Using A Low-Cost Ultrasonic Rangefinder, M. Len Keeler, Keith A. Brugger

Geology Publications

We have adapted inexpensive ultrasonic rangefinders to measure ablation rates on the surface of a glacier.While ultrasonic rangers are commercially available for this purpose, our goal was to utilize rangefinders typically used in hobby robotics without significantly compromising performance. To correct for environmental factors that affect the speed of sound we use two ultrasonic rangefinders, one focused on a fixed target. Measurements of ablation correlate well with manual measurements with an uncertainty of about 3 cm, suggesting an accuracy comparable with other non-manual methods of recording ablation. The limitations of our rangefinder include those inherent in commercially available units as …


Cosmogenic 10be And 36cl Ages From Late Pleistocene Terminal Moraine Complexes In The Taylor River Drainage Basin, Central Colorado, U.S.A., Keith A. Brugger Feb 2007

Cosmogenic 10be And 36cl Ages From Late Pleistocene Terminal Moraine Complexes In The Taylor River Drainage Basin, Central Colorado, U.S.A., Keith A. Brugger

Geology Publications

Cosmogenic surface-exposure ages from boulders on a terminal moraine complex establish the timing of the local last glacial maximum (LGM) in the Taylor River drainage basin, central Colorado. Five zero-erosion 10Be ages have a mean of 19.5±1.8 ka while that for three 36Cl ages is 20.7±2.3 ka. Corrections for modest rates (∼1 mm ka−1) of boulder surface erosion result in individual and mean ages that are generally within 2% of their zero-erosion values. Both the means and the range in ages of individual boulders are consistent with those reported for late Pleistocene moraines elsewhere in the …


Minnesotans In Nature: Trends And Prospects, John R. Borchert Jan 1974

Minnesotans In Nature: Trends And Prospects, John R. Borchert

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Geology At The Secondary School Level, William C. Scott Apr 1955

Geology At The Secondary School Level, William C. Scott

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Structural Geology At Llallagua, Bolivia, Lowell Moon Apr 1939

Structural Geology At Llallagua, Bolivia, Lowell Moon

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Glacial Geology Work Of Prof. N. H. Winchell, F.W. Sardeson Jul 1914

Glacial Geology Work Of Prof. N. H. Winchell, F.W. Sardeson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Contributions Of N. H. Winchell To The Geology Of The Iron Ranges Of Minnesota, W.H. Emmons Jul 1914

Contributions Of N. H. Winchell To The Geology Of The Iron Ranges Of Minnesota, W.H. Emmons

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


The Iron Ore Ranges Of Minnesota, And Their Differences, N. H. Winchell Jan 1911

The Iron Ore Ranges Of Minnesota, And Their Differences, N. H. Winchell

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


The Structure, Lithology And Genesis Of The Magnesian Series Of The Northwestern States, C. W. Hall Jan 1892

The Structure, Lithology And Genesis Of The Magnesian Series Of The Northwestern States, C. W. Hall

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


The Geology Of The Artesian Basin In South Dakota, D. S. Mccaslin Jan 1891

The Geology Of The Artesian Basin In South Dakota, D. S. Mccaslin

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


The Field Of Geology And Its Promise For The Future, W. J. Mcgee Jan 1887

The Field Of Geology And Its Promise For The Future, W. J. Mcgee

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


On Some Tests Of Building Stones, J. A. Dodge Jan 1885

On Some Tests Of Building Stones, J. A. Dodge

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Report Of The Section Of Mineralogy, N. H. Winchell Jan 1885

Report Of The Section Of Mineralogy, N. H. Winchell

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Lake Agassiz: A Chapter In Glacial Geology, Warren Upham Dec 1882

Lake Agassiz: A Chapter In Glacial Geology, Warren Upham

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Geological Notes From Early Explorers In The Minnesota Valley, N. H. Winchell Dec 1875

Geological Notes From Early Explorers In The Minnesota Valley, N. H. Winchell

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Geological Notes From Early Explorers In The Minnesota Valley, N. H. Winchell Dec 1873

Geological Notes From Early Explorers In The Minnesota Valley, N. H. Winchell

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Geological And Archeological Evidences Of The Antiquity Of Man, A. E. Johnson Dec 1873

Geological And Archeological Evidences Of The Antiquity Of Man, A. E. Johnson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.