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Author : Brewer, T.
Date : 1972
Title : A two-year mass-balance study of the Rusty Glacier, 1968-1969
Publication : Icefield Ranges Research Project Scientific Results; American Geographical Society, New York, NY, and Arctic Institute of North America, Montreal, Canada
Issue : 3:
Page(s) : 75-82
Abstract
Rusty Glacier is a small valley glacier in Yukon Territory with a history of glacial surging. A mass-balance study was carried out on Rusty Glacier during 1968 and 1969. The 1968 mass balance was (+) 6,000 million kg of water, while the 1969 balance was (-) 1,590 million kg. This yields a two-year balance of (-) 990 million kg. Statistical examination of the data indicates that this two-year result is reliable to +44%. the distribution of snow in 1968 confirms the presence of a bedrock hump under the ice predicted from gravity measurements. The five-year mass balance (1967-1971) may be negative, and about 1,000 million kg.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology