Glaciological and marine geological controls on terminus dynamics of Hubbard Glacier, southeast Alaska
dc.contributor.author | Stearns, Leigh A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hamilton, Gordon S. | |
dc.contributor.author | van der Veen, Cornelis J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Finnegan, D. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Neel, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Scheick, J. B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lawson, D. E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-22T17:25:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-12-22T17:25:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-06-25 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stearns, L. A., G. S. Hamilton, C. J. van der Veen, D. C. Finnegan, S. O’Neel, J. B. Scheick, and D. E. Lawson (2015), Glaciological and marine geological controls on terminus dynamics of Hubbard Glacier, southeast Alaska, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 120, 1065–1081, doi:10.1002/2014JF003341 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/22281 | |
dc.description | An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright (2015) American Geophysical Union. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Hubbard Glacier, located in southeast Alaska, is the world's largest nonpolar tidewater glacier. It has been steadily advancing since it was first mapped in 1895; occasionally, the advance creates an ice or sediment dam that blocks a tributary fjord (Russell Fiord). The sustained advance raises the probability of long-term closure in the near future, which will strongly impact the ecosystem of Russell Fiord and the nearby community of Yakutat. Here, we examine a 43 year record of flow speeds and terminus position to understand the large-scale dynamics of Hubbard Glacier. Our long-term record shows that the rate of terminus advance has increased slightly since 1895, with the exception of a slowed advance between approximately 1972 and 1984. The short-lived closure events in 1986 and 2002 were not initiated by perturbations in ice velocity or environmental forcings but were likely due to fluctuations in sedimentation patterns at the terminus. This study points to the significance of a coupled system where short-term velocity fluctuations and morainal shoal development control tidewater glacier terminus position. | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union | en_US |
dc.rights | ©2015. The Authors.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.title | Glaciological and marine geological controls on terminus dynamics of Hubbard Glacier, southeast Alaska | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | van der Veen, Cornelis J. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Geography & Atmospheric Science | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/2014JF003341 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
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