The Nisqually Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washington, 1857-1979.

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For additional information write to: U.S. Geological Survey Project Office - Glaciology 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 450 Tacoma, Washington 98402 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR William P. Clark, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck, Director 11
CONTENTS ABSTRACT.................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................ 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................ 2 HISTORY OF LONG-TERM SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS AT NISQUALLY GLACIER........... 2 TERMINUS RECESSION.......................................................... 3 ICE-SURFACE ALTITUDE PROFILES............................................... 8 NOTES ON THE SURVEYING...................................................... 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................ 15 TABLES Table 1.--Terminus position of Nisqually Glacier, 1857-1979................. 4 2.--Past and present instrument stations on Nisqually Glacier......... 10 3.--Annual mean altitudes for profiles 1 and A........................ 12 4.--Annual mean altitudes for profiles 2 and B........................ 13 5.--Annual mean altitudes for profiles 3 and C........................ 14 PLATES Plate 1A.--Locations of profiles on Nisqually Glacier.................in pocket IB.--Annual mean ice-surface altitudes for three profiles on Nisqually Glacier....................................................in pocket 2.--Ice surface altitudes profiles 1 and A......................in pocket 3.--Ice surface altitudes profiles 2 and B......................in pocket 4.--Ice surface altitudes profiles 3 and C......................in pocket m
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The Nisqually Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washington, 1857-1979.

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