Changes in surface elevation and extent of the Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon Territory

• Main Author: Foy, Norah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2009
• Subjects: Physical Geography.; Geomorphology.; Greenland; Hooker; Johannessen; Kaskawulsh Glacier; Nesje; New Zealand; Yukon; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-12535; http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/28408

Between 1977 and 2007, the Kaskawulsh Glacier underwent an overall decrease in volume of between 2.76 km3 water equivalent (we) and 4.60 km3 we, and a decrease in area of 2.27%. Volume losses are consistent with changes observed at most glaciers in the Yukon/Alaska region which are thinning and/or r...