Comments on the use of chemically based mixing models in glacier hydrology

M. Sharp; G. H. Brown; M. Tranter; I. C. Willis; B. Hubbard

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Comments on the use of chemically based mixing models in glacier hydrology

M. Sharp, G. H. Brown, M. Tranter, I. C. Willis, B. Hubbard

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

University of Alberta

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A multi-parameter mixing model is applied to the analysis of data on the chemistry of waters sampled from boreholes drilled through Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland, to demonstrate the range of dissolved species for which the assumption of conservative mixing is violated. The consequences of this violation for quantitative hydrography separation are shown to be highly significant. The utility of mixing models as a tool for the investigation of glacier hydrological systems is questionable and the results of previous studies are unreliable. -from Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	241-246
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Glaciology
Volume	41
Issue number	138
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022143000016142
Publication status	Published - 1995

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