Earth Flows Along Henry Creek, Northern Alaska

• Main Authors: L. David Carter, John P. Galloway
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; earth flows; Henry Creek; Arctic; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.576.1933; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic34-4-325.pdf

ABSTRACT. Many earth flows occurred during the summer of 1979 in the hilly terrain near Umiat, Alaska, particularly along Henry Creek. Most were shallow, involving only the tundra mat and no more than 1.5 m of the underlying mud. The summer of 1979 was the warmest and wettest for the period of recor...