| 2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003) | |
| Paper No. 188-16 | |
| Presentation Time: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM | ||
EQUILIBRIUM-LINE ALTITUDES DURING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ACROSS THE BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA | ||
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BALASCIO, Nicholas L., Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, nlb5@dana.ucc.nau.edu, KAUFMAN, Darrell S., Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, and MANLEY, William F., INSTAAR, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 Equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs) were derived for 383 reconstructed glaciers across the Brooks Range to investigate the regional pattern of climatic forcing, primarily winter precipitation, on glacier extent during the last glacial maximum (LGM). Glacier outlines were delimited based on new and published field mapping, combined with original interpretations of aerial photographs. Glacier margins were digitized from 1:63,360-scale maps into a geographic information system (GIS) with a DEM on a 60 m grid. Several geometric characteristics of each glacier were calculated, along with the ELA using the accumulation area ratio method (
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2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
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| Session No. 188--Booth# 70 Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology (Posters) III: Glaciers, Volcanoes, Caves, and Isotopes Washington State Convention and Trade Center: Hall 4-F 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, November 4, 2003 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 35, No. 6, September 2003, p. 423 | ||
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