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Author : Bayrock, L.A.
Date : 1967
Title : Catastrophic advance of the Steele Glacier, Yukon
Publication : Boreal Inst. Occasional Paper
Issue : No. 3
Page(s) : 35 pp
Abstract
The terminus portion of the Steele Glacier was studied between August 20 and August 24, 1966. It was found that the glacier was moving with an average velocity of 37 feet per 24 hours. The maximum rate of flow was 46 feet per 24 hours. Push moraines and the glacier were advancing mainly by slippage at the base. Dead ice from a previous advance was "squeezed" and incorporated into the moving glaicer and was not overridden. At the toe, most of the motion of hte glacier could be accounted for by shearing along the base.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology