Professor Mathews, outburst floods, and other glaciological disasters

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Clarke, Garry K. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1986
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Glacial Lake; Granduc; glacier; Tidewater; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e86-088; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e86-088

Misfortunes befalling the Granduc mining operation near Stewart, British Columbia, stimulated Professor Mathews' influential scientific contributions on subglacial hydrology. A series of violent floods from glacier-dammed Summit Lake menaced the transportation corridor between the Granduc ore c...