Contribution of rock glacier discharge to late summer and fall streamflow in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA

Munroe, Jeffrey S.; Handwerger, Alexander L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-543-2023

Articles | Volume 27, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-543-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-543-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 27, issue 2

Research article

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27 Jan 2023

Research article |

| 27 Jan 2023

Contribution of rock glacier discharge to late summer and fall streamflow in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA

Jeffrey S. Munroe and Alexander L. Handwerger

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Jan 2023)
Preprint (discussion started on 09 Sep 2022)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on hess-2022-285', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Sep 2022

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2022-285/hess-2022-285-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-285-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Jeffrey Munroe, 28 Oct 2022
  
  The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2022-285/hess-2022-285-AC1-supplement.pdf
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-285-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on hess-2022-285', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Oct 2022

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2022-285/hess-2022-285-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-285-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Jeffrey Munroe, 28 Oct 2022
  
  The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2022-285/hess-2022-285-AC2-supplement.pdf
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-285-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (07 Nov 2022) by Günter Blöschl

AR by Jeffrey Munroe on behalf of the Authors (09 Nov 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Nov 2022) by Günter Blöschl

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Dec 2022)

ED: Publish as is (29 Dec 2022) by Günter Blöschl

Short summary

Rock glaciers are mixtures of ice and rock debris that are common landforms in high-mountain environments. We evaluated the role of rock glaciers as a component of mountain hydrology by collecting water samples during the summer and fall of 2021. Our results indicate that the water draining from rock glaciers late in the melt season is likely derived from old buried ice; they further demonstrate that this water collectively makes up about a quarter of streamflow during the month of September.