Fountain AG, Tangborn WV.  1985.  The effect of glaciers on streamflow variations. Water Resources Research. 21:579-586. Abstract

Meier MF, Tangborn WV.  1961.  Distinctive Characteristics of Glacier Runoff. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 424-B:14-16.

Meier MF, Tangborn WV.  1965.  Net budget and flow of South Cascade Glacier, Washington. Journal of Glaciology. 5:547-566. Abstract

Tangborn WV.  1962.  Glaciological Investigations on South Cascade Glacier. The Mountaineer. 55:9.

Tangborn WV.  1966.  Glacier Mass Budget Measurements by Hydrologic Means. Water Resources Research. 2:105-110.

Tangborn WV.  1980.  2 Models for Estimating Climate-Glacier Relationships in the North Cascades, Washington, USA. Journal of Glaciology. 25:3-21.

Tangborn WV.  2007.  Fifty Years of Research at South Cascade Glacier. The Wild Cascades. Winter 2007-2008:15-18.

Tangborn WV, Fountain AG, Sikonia WG.  1990.  Effect of area distribution with altitude on glacier mass balance - a comparison of North and South Klawatti glaciers, Washington State, USA. Annals of Glaciology. 14:278-282.

Tangborn WV, Mayo LR, Scully DR, Krimmel RM.  1977.  Combined Ice and Water Balances of Maclure Glacier, California; South Cascade Glacier, Washington; and Wolverine and Gulkana Glaciers, Alaska, 1967 Hydrologic Year. USGS Professional Paper. 715B:20.