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Differential thermal ablation by small stones

Location: Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada
Shilts image - Differential thermal ablation by small stones

Differential thermal ablation caused by heating of the small dark pebbles on glacier surface. The effect is similar to, but less regular than, that caused by algal blooms (see images 0014 and 0015).













Date taken: early 1990s
Photo ID: 0017
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