Abstract
A temperate glacier ending in water advances by depositing a moraine shoal, which "dams' tidewater calving, and then recycling this shoal in conveyor-belt fashion. A simple model suggests that conveyor-belt recycling of the shoal must continue until calving stops and all ice flux is removed by surface ablation, or until the glacier retreats rapidly from the shoal; retreat can occur without external forcing if the glacier advances into deepening water and if sediment recycling is rapid compared to supply of new sediment to the moraine shoal. -Author
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 119-124 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Annals of Glaciology |
| Volume | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1991 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Earth-Surface Processes