Geologic Publications for Mount Rainier

Some implications of sediment studies for glacial erosion on Mount Rainier, Washington

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Author(s): Hugh H. Mills

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Publisher: Northwest Science
Published Year: 1979
Volume: 53
Number: 3
Pages: 190 to 199
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Abstract:
A study of glacial sediments throws light on rates and mechanisms of glacial erosion on Mount Rainier, Washington. Suspended-sediment transport measurements suggest that most of the Nisqually River's suspended-sediment load has been entrained by the time the stream emerges from beneath the terminus of Nisqually Glacier. Calculations of the englacial- and superglacial-debris loads of the Nisqually Glacier indicate that more than two-thirds of the stream sediment must be derived subglacially. Lithologic composition of outwash and theoretical considerations also suggest that valley glaciers on Mount Rainier have exceptionally high subglacial erosion rates.

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Mills (1979) or (Mills, 1979)

References Citation:
Mills, H.H., 1979, Some implications of sediment studies for glacial erosion on Mount Rainier, Washington: Northwest Science, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 190-199.