The Damma Glacier (German: Dammagletscher) is a small glacier situated in the central Swiss Alps. It has been in retreat since around 1850. The area between the front of the retreating glacier and the moraine from the most recent glacier recession – called the glacial forefield – measures 10.7 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi) and is composed of granitic rocks.
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- Magnusson, Jan; Kobierska, Florian; Huxol, Stephan; Hayashi, Masaki; Jonas, Tobias; Kirchner, James W. (2014-01-30). "Melt water driven stream and groundwater stage fluctuations on a glacier forefield (Dammagletscher, Switzerland): STREAM-GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS ON A GLACIER FOREFIELD". Hydrological Processes. 28 (3): 823–836. doi:10.1002/hyp.9633.
- ^ Hindshaw, Ruth S.; Tipper, Edward T.; Reynolds, Ben C.; Lemarchand, Emmanuel; Wiederhold, Jan G.; Magnusson, Jan; Bernasconi, Stefano M.; Kretzschmar, Ruben; Bourdon, Bernard (2011-06-22). "Hydrological control of stream water chemistry in a glacial catchment (Damma Glacier, Switzerland)". Chemical Geology. 285 (1): 215–230. Bibcode:2011ChGeo.285..215H. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.04.012. ISSN 0009-2541.
- Wojcik, Robin; Eichel, Jana; Bradley, James A.; Benning, Liane G. (2021-07-01). "How allogenic factors affect succession in glacier forefields". Earth-Science Reviews. 218: 103642. Bibcode:2021ESRv..21803642W. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103642. hdl:1874/412195. ISSN 0012-8252.
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