Land-based Marginal Ice Cliffs: Focus on Kilimanjaro


Land-based Marginal Ice Cliffs: Focus on Kilimanjaro
05/01/2010 | M. Winkler, G. Kaser, N. Cullen, T. Molg, D. Hardy, W.T. Pfeffer
Applications: All, Engineering & Science, and Geology & Mining

Land-based ice cliffs are intriguing features at the margins of glaciers around the world but little is known about mechanisms of their formation and maintenance. The focus of article is on the persistent, rarely-calving ice cliffs on the Kibo glacier, the main peak of Kilimanjaro. Oct 2009 photos were taken covering the sample cliff. PhotoModeler Scanner’s automatic stereo matching lead to a reference digital surface model.

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