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Hydrology

Climate Change

1980

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An Example Of Eskers Formed In Stagnant Ice, David H. Coupland, Paul Andrew Mayewski Jan 1980

An Example Of Eskers Formed In Stagnant Ice, David H. Coupland, Paul Andrew Mayewski

Earth Science Faculty Scholarship

Study of stratified glacial deposits near Farmington, New Hampshire reveals that the retreat of Late Wisconsin ice in this area proceeded by means of ice-marginal stagnation. Eskers in t his area were formed within localized ice masses a t or near the base of thin ice by streams which had dendritic patterns and were subaerially exposed.


Characteristics And Significance Of Rock Glaciers In Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Jon Hassinger Jan 1980

Characteristics And Significance Of Rock Glaciers In Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Jon Hassinger

Earth Science Faculty Scholarship

[From the introduction] Rock glaciers, large-scale masses of frozen debris...form a group of features that, because of their dependence on temperature and precipitation, can be used as monitors of climatic change.