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Research Article| June 30, 1935 Erosion marginal to a plateau glacier O. D. VON ENGELN O. D. VON ENGELN Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1935) 46 (6): 985–998. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-46-985 Article history received: 09 Mar 1935 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation O. D. VON ENGELN; Erosion marginal to a plateau glacier. GSA Bulletin 1935;; 46 (6): 985–998. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-46-985 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract INTRODUCTIONPhenomena resulting specifically from the existence of plateau glaciers have been little noted in geological literature. Plateau glaciers have been described as a transitional type between mountain and continental glaciers, but they are actually sui generis. The significant characteristic of mountain glaciers is said to be the existence of unglaciated (in the sense of not overridden) rock summits at their heads. The snow-ice dome of the reservoir area of a representative plateau glacier does not even reflect the underlying rock relief. The margins of continental glaciers are at low altitudes, remote from the dispersion centers. Plateau glaciers terminate on the upland of their origin and exhibit the névé line and ice margin in essentially the same elevation.Ahlmann,1 recognizing the defects of earlier attempts at classification, “hesitatingly” devised one. This takes into consideration the difficulties above suggested, by approaching the problem from two angles. Thus, on the basis of . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
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