Dam type and lake location characterize ice-marginal lake area change in Alaska and NW Canada between 1984 and 2019

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: B. Rick, D. McGrath, W. Armstrong, S. W. McCoy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; Canada; Glacial Lake; Marginal Lake; glacier; glacier*; glaciers; The Cryosphere; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-297-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/297/2022/tc-16-297-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/e763558ac30f4c7e903d49f07403799e

Ice-marginal lakes impact glacier mass balance, water resources, and ecosystem dynamics and can produce catastrophic glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) via sudden drainage. Multitemporal inventories of ice-marginal lakes are a critical first step in understanding the drivers of historic change, pr...