BREAKUP OF ICE, MEADE RIVER, ALASKA.

• Main Authors: Johnson,Philip L., Kistner,Frank B.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*ICE; ALASKA); (*HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; THICKNESS; LAKES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; ECOLOGY; DAMS; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; FLOODS; PREDICTIONS; FREEZING; HEAT; INLAND WATERWAYS; SOILS; DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTATION; SUMMER; Meade; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0667946; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0667946

The climatic conditions and chronology of ice breakup on the Meade River, Alaska, in 1966 are reported and documented photographically. These observations and the interpretation of aerial photography suggest that ice damming, flooding, and dam release are the typical patterns of breakup that progress repetitiously downstream. The implications of ice breakup on plant succession on river bars and on channel erosion are discussed. (Author)