Ice Formation in an Estuarian Salt Marsh, Alaska

• Main Authors: Taylor, Susan, Racine, Charles H., Collins, Charles M., Gordon, Elizabeth
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; *ALASKA; *ICE FORMATION; *SWAMPS; THICKNESS; WINTER; FLOW; SALTS; ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENTS; ESTUARIES; PONDS; FLOODING; SALINITY; RIVERS; ICE; SNOW; EDGES; *SALT MARSHES; Anchorage; Deep Pond; Ice Sheet; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA283346; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA283346

An extensive ice sheet builds up during the winter in a salt marsh complex at the mouth of Eagle River near Anchorage, Alaska. To clarify how snow accumulation, periodic tidal flooding, and freshwater flow contribute to the ice cover, ice cores were taken along a transect beginning at a deep pond al...