The Classification and Geomorphic Implications of Thaw Lakes on the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

• Main Authors: Sellmann, P V, Brown, J, Lewellen, R I, McKim, H, Merry, C
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ALASKA; *ICE; *LAKES; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL REGIONS; MULTIBAND SPECTRAL RECONNAISSANCE; PERMAFROST; THAWING; SPACEBORNE PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; ERTS-1 SATELLITE; ICE COVER; LAKE ICE; MOST PROJECT-2; Arctic; Ice Lakes; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA021226; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA021226

The lakes of the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska were classified, based on size, shape, orientation and distribution, into six lake units and three nonlake units. Regional slope and relief were demonstrated to control lake size, the largest lakes occurring on the flattest, northernmost segme...