glacial retreat
when the position of a mountain glacier's terminus is farther upvalley than before; occurs when a glacier ablates more material at its terminus than it transports into that region.
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Muir Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve's White Thunder Ridge as seen on August 13, 1941 (left) and August 31, 2004 (right).

2004: B. Molnia, USGS; 1941 W. Field., archived in the Long-Term Change Photograph Pairs Special Collection in the Glacier Photograph Database
Topic(s):
glaciers

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