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Erosion by an Alpine glacier

Published:2015-10-09 Issue:6257 Volume:350 Page:193-195
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Herman Frédéric¹,Beyssac Olivier²,Brughelli Mattia¹,Lane Stuart N.¹,Leprince Sébastien³,Adatte Thierry⁴,Lin Jiao Y. Y.⁵,Avouac Jean-Philippe³,Cox Simon C.⁶

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

2. Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie, Sorbonne Universités, UMR CNRS 7590, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement UMR 206, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.

3. Division of Geological and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.

4. Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

5. Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.

6. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Abstract

The glacial way of wearing away The rate at which glaciers erode landscapes is an important but poorly constrained relationship. Herman et al. tackle this issue by considering the Franz Josef alpine glacier in New Zealand. The amount of sediment piling up at the edge of the glacier provided erosion rates, whereas remote sensing allowed for simultaneous tracking of glacial motion. The result was a nonlinear relationship, suggesting that fast glaciers are much more effective at gouging landscapes. This could explain the paradox of why long-term erosion rates are so much lower in polar regions with more permanent glaciers. Science , this issue p. 193

Funder

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Swiss National Science Foundation

NSF Earth Sciences

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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