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Glacier Fluctuation in the Alps 1947–48

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2017

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Journal of Glaciology , Volume 1 , Issue 7 , 1950 , pp. 356
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Copyright © International Glaciological Society 1950

In the summer of 1948 heavy precipitation caused an increase of the snow reservoirs in the upper reaches of the glaciers, but rain at lower levels caused the general process of ablation to continue although at somewhat lessened speed. Some glaciers even re-advanced. Dr. P-L. Mercanton in his reportFootnote * shows that during 1948 13 per cent of the glaciers had advanced, 10 per cent were stationary and 77 per cent were in recession. In 1947 the respective percentage figures were 0, 2 and 98.Footnote †

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page 356 note * Die Alpen, Vol. 25, No. 7, 1949, p. 267–73

page 356 note † From details received from the Comitato Glaciologico Italiano (Revista del Club Alpino Italiano, N. 7–8, 1949, p. 113–18) in 1947 4.2 per cent of the Italian glaciers under observation had advanced,11.1 per cent were stationary or indeterminate and 84.7 per cent were in recession.