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Thermal drilling and deep ice-temperature measurements on the Fox Glacier, Yukon Classen, David Farley
Abstract
During the summer of 1969 a thermal drilling and deep ice-temperature measurement program was carried out on the Fox Glacier, Yukon Territory. The thermal drilling resulted in seven instrumented holes at six locations on the glacier, three reaching bedrock. Temperature measurements indicated that the glacier was below the pressure-melting point throughout and that memory of a disturbed thermal regime existed. Estimates of geothermal heat flow were determined and an anomalous value of 4.73 μcal/cm² sec obtained. Bottom temperature models were developed which indicate the possibility of basal melting.
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Thermal drilling and deep ice-temperature measurements on the Fox Glacier, Yukon
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University of British Columbia
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1970
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During the summer of 1969 a thermal drilling and deep ice-temperature measurement program was carried out on the Fox Glacier, Yukon Territory. The thermal drilling resulted in seven instrumented holes at six locations on the glacier, three reaching bedrock. Temperature measurements indicated that the glacier was below the pressure-melting point throughout and that memory of a disturbed thermal regime existed.
Estimates of geothermal heat flow were determined and an anomalous value of 4.73 μcal/cm² sec obtained. Bottom temperature models were developed which indicate the possibility of basal melting.
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eng
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2011-05-16
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0302225
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University of British Columbia
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Graduate
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