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Author : Clarke, G.K.C.
Date : 1991
Title : Length, width and slope influence on glacier surging.
Publication : Journal of Glaciology
Issue : 37(126):
Page(s) : 236-246.
Abstract
Statistical analysis of 1754 normal and surge-type glaciers of the Yukon Territory, Canada, reveals that the two glacier types have significantly different average geometries. Surge-type glaciers tend to be longer, wider and to have lower overall slope than normal glaciers. Because there are strong intercorrelations involving length, width and slope, it is not immediately clear which relationships are fundamental and which are secondary. Multiple correlation analysis allows these confusions to be resolved and reveals that the correlation between length and surge tendency is the fundamental one. The direct correlation between surge tendency and width and the inverse correlation between surge tendency and slope are entirely a result of the length-width and length-slope correlations
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology