Sedimentology and chronology of neoglacial Lake Alsek, Yukon Territory

Neoglacial Lake Alsek has formed many times during the last 3000 years when Lowell Glacier has blocked the flow of Alsek River. Although the basin is now empty, evidence for former lakes includes: valley-side beaches, driftwood strandlines, ice-rafted erratics, vegetation discontinuities, and unusua...

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Main Author: Schmok, Jeffrey Peter
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26068