Biogeochemistry and hydrology of three alpine proglacial environments resulting from glacier retreat

• Main Author: Bruckner, Monica Zanzola
• Other Authors: Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Mark L. Skidmore
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science 2008
• Subjects: Hydrology; Mountain plants; Mountain ecology; Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry); Glacial epoch; Canada; Wheaton River; Yukon; glacier*
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/994

Proglacial environments, formed by glacier retreat, exhibit distinct characteristics in discharge, water temperature, water residence time, and dissolved ion, carbon, and suspended sediment concentrations. The unnamed alpine glacier at the headwaters of the Wheaton River, Yukon, Canada, provides an...