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Science 16 April 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3668, pp. 366 - 368
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3668.366
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Alaskan Glaciers: Recent Observations in Respect to the Earthquake-Advance Theory

Austin S. Post 1

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, Washington

Preliminary aerial photographic studies indicate that the Alaskan earthquake produced some rockfalls but no significant snow and ice avalanches on glaciers. No rapid, short-lived glacier advances (surges) are conclusively associated with this earthquake. Recent evidence fails to support the earthquake-advance theory of Tarr and Martin.


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