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Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1889-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1889-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
Research article
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11 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 11 Jul 2019

Unravelling the evolution of Zmuttgletscher and its debris cover since the end of the Little Ice Age

Nico Mölg, Tobias Bolch, Andrea Walter, and Andreas Vieli

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Debris can partly protect glaciers from melting. But many debris-covered glaciers change similar to debris-free glaciers. To better understand the debris influence we investigated 150 years of evolution of Zmutt Glacier in Switzerland. We found an increase in debris extent over time and a link to glacier flow velocity changes. We also found an influence of debris on the melt locally, but only a small volume change reduction over the whole glacier, also because of the influence of ice cliffs.
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