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A glacial driver of tectonics

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The interactions between climate and tectonics in active mountain ranges are complex and important. Field and geophysical data from the St Elias Range of Alaska show that glacial erosion can influence the dynamics of the lithosphere in such settings.

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Figure 1: Influence of climate change on the St Elias orogen.

JAMES SPOTILA

Figure 2: Glacial cycles.

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  1. Simon H. Brocklehurst is in the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. shb@manchester.ac.uk,

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Brocklehurst, S. A glacial driver of tectonics. Nature Geosci 1, 732–733 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo344

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