Map of glacial limits and possible refugia in the southern Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, during the late Wisconsin glaciation

• Main Authors: P.E. Carrara, T.A. Ager, J.F. Baichtal, D. Paco VanSistine
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2003
• Subjects: snow and ice cover; bathymetry; geologic history; geospatial datasets; maps and atlases; Glacial limits; Bathymetry; Cordilleran ice sheet; United States of America; Alaska; Southern Alexander Archipelago; f02201 = Prince of Wales-OuterKetchikan; f02130 = Ketchikan Gateway; f02280 = Wrangell-Petersburg; f02220 = Sitka; Conway; Coulter; Dixon Entrance; Flint; Pacific; Archipelago; glacier; glaciers; Ice Sheet; Ketchikan
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/3e72dfba-ed21-495d-a9f1-eb4b83ca8888

During the late Wisconsin glaciation (circa 26,000-13,000 carbon-14 yr BP) the Cordilleran glacier complex formed vast ice fields and large glaciers along the crest of the Coast Mountains. As these glaciers flowed west to the Pacific Ocean, they were joined by local glaciers originating on the highe...