The High Mountain Environment Project St. Elias Mountains, Yukon and Alaska, 1967-1971.

The report provides the results of field investigations conducted in Chitistone Pass in Alaska and on Mt. Logan in Yukon Territory, Canada. A historical and philosophical background of the project is given, as are environmental descriptions of the research areas. During the program, research was car...

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Main Author: Marcus,Melvin G.
Other Authors: ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
Meteorology
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ALASKA
*YUKON TERRITORY
*GLACIERS
CLIMATE
MOUNTAINS
PLANTS(BOTANY)
FREEZING
TERRAIN
ICE
MICROMETEOROLOGY
WEATHER STATIONS
SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS
HIGH MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT PROJECT
Canada
Yukon
glacier*
glaciers
Ice
permafrost
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0726405
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0726405
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Summary:The report provides the results of field investigations conducted in Chitistone Pass in Alaska and on Mt. Logan in Yukon Territory, Canada. A historical and philosophical background of the project is given, as are environmental descriptions of the research areas. During the program, research was carried out in these areas: (1) climatology and meteorology, (2) botany and plant geography, (3) periglacial hydrology and geomorphology, and (4) glaciology. Relationships between environmental processes are covered. Abstracts, of published research papers and presentations that derived from the program are included, as is a listing of remaining research reports in progress. (Author)

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