History and Bathymetry of a Surge-dammed Lake

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Collins, Sam G., Clarke, Garry K.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1977
• Subjects: Bathymetry; Floods; Glacier lake outbursts; Glacier surges; Donjek River; Yukon; Hazard Creek; Steele Creek; Alaska/Yukon; Steele Glacier; Dammed Lake; Steele; Arctic; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65754

A survey was made in 1974 of the small lake which had formed as a result of the surge advance of Steele Glacier, Yukon Territory, in 1965-68. Maximum lake level is controlled by a drainage channel which passes over rock near the hydrologic left margin of Steele Glacier. Since the surge advance of 19...