Greenland Proglacial River (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Greenland Proglacial River

Caption

This photo shows a rhodamine dye injection into the proglacial river, just before a waterfall. The pink dye (the rhodamine) is used to calculate the water discharge of the proglacial river (i.e. how much water/melt if flowing in the river at that time).

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Jakub D Zarsky

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