A Forest Ecosystem on a Glacier in Alaska
The ecosystem on the snout of Kushtaka Glacier, a branch of the Martin River Glacier about 60 mi ESE of Cordova has reached the developmental stage when spruce forest has almost eliminated the alder from the site. Mosses carpet the forest floor. A 55 ft spruce was found to be 65 yr old when felled....
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1969
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| description | The ecosystem on the snout of Kushtaka Glacier, a branch of the Martin River Glacier about 60 mi ESE of Cordova has reached the developmental stage when spruce forest has almost eliminated the alder from the site. Mosses carpet the forest floor. A 55 ft spruce was found to be 65 yr old when felled. A profile through the 36-in soil layer on the ice is described. Similar brush and forest growth occurs on many glaciers in coastal Alaska. Superglacial vegetation on stagnant ice of the Wisconsin glaciation may have been the seed sources for much newly deglaciated land. |
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| op_source | ARCTIC; Vol. 22 No. 4 (1969): December: 365–456; 441-444 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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| spelling | ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66287 2025-06-15T14:15:49+00:00 A Forest Ecosystem on a Glacier in Alaska Stephens, F.R. 1969-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66287 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66287/50200 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66287 ARCTIC; Vol. 22 No. 4 (1969): December: 365–456; 441-444 1923-1245 0004-0843 Glaciation Plant succession Plant ecology Glaciers Glacial epoch Deglaciation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1969 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z The ecosystem on the snout of Kushtaka Glacier, a branch of the Martin River Glacier about 60 mi ESE of Cordova has reached the developmental stage when spruce forest has almost eliminated the alder from the site. Mosses carpet the forest floor. A 55 ft spruce was found to be 65 yr old when felled. A profile through the 36-in soil layer on the ice is described. Similar brush and forest growth occurs on many glaciers in coastal Alaska. Superglacial vegetation on stagnant ice of the Wisconsin glaciation may have been the seed sources for much newly deglaciated land. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier glaciers Alaska Unknown ARCTIC 22 4 |
| spellingShingle | Glaciation Plant succession Plant ecology Glaciers Glacial epoch Deglaciation Stephens, F.R. A Forest Ecosystem on a Glacier in Alaska |
| title | A Forest Ecosystem on a Glacier in Alaska |
| title_full | A Forest Ecosystem on a Glacier in Alaska |
| title_fullStr | A Forest Ecosystem on a Glacier in Alaska |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Forest Ecosystem on a Glacier in Alaska |
| title_short | A Forest Ecosystem on a Glacier in Alaska |
| title_sort | forest ecosystem on a glacier in alaska |
| topic | Glaciation Plant succession Plant ecology Glaciers Glacial epoch Deglaciation |
| topic_facet | Glaciation Plant succession Plant ecology Glaciers Glacial epoch Deglaciation |
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