Ice Pyramids on Glaciers
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- 1 January 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 1 (07) , 373-377
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022143000012570
Abstract
Waves of ice on the Gorner Glacier (Switzerland) are described. These finally assume an appearance very similar to the ice pyramids of the Himalaya. The author shows that the former originate as avalanche snow which remains above the general surface of the glacier through its lightness and greater resistance to ablation than the denser glacier ice, and suggests, as do Visser and others, that some Himalayan ice pyramids also originate as avalanche snow.Keywords
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