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SUBMITTER: Jamieson SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4957274 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jamieson Stewart S R SS Ewertowski Marek W MW Evans David J A DJ
Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface 20150727 7
Rapid glacier advance is known to occur by a range of mechanisms. However, although large-scale debris loading has been proposed as a process for causing rapid terminus advance, it has rarely been observed. We use satellite remote sensing data to observe accelerated glacier terminus advance in response to massive supraglacial loading on two glaciers in Kyrgyzstan. Over a 15 year period, mining activity has led to the dumping of spoil of up to 180 m thick on large parts of these valley glaciers. ...[more]