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Caption Comment: Wood and Smith state that "the glacier flows in a NE direction for ~10 km through a steep-walled valley…Over the last century the Saskatchewan Glacier has experienced significant downwasting and frontal retreat."
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He attempted to reconcile the downwasting with this layer still being extant by hypothesizing a large precipitation event in the early 1960s.
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Thompson has reported massive 20th century downwasting of the Kilimanjaro glacier – this seems unarguable.
reesetee commented on the word downwasting
The thinning of a glacier resulting from melting ice. It can occur in both moving and stagnant ice.
November 15, 2008
sionnach commented on the word downwasting
This sounds so Germanic. Like saying "the sideways-leaning plank", though it's not incorrect in English, it sounds slightly peculiar.
November 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word downwasting
Agreed--you put your finger on why it sounds odd to me.
November 15, 2008