Contemporary Glacier Processes and Global Change: Recent Observations from Kaskawulsh Glacier and the Donjek Range, St. Elias Mountains

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Flowers, Gwenn E., Copland, Luke, Schoof, Christian G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Kluane Lake Research Station; St. Elias Mountains; glaciology; Kaskawulsh Glacier; Donjek Range; glacier mass balance; glacier change; glacier dynamics; glacier surges; glacier-climate interactions; subglacial processes; station de recherche du lac Kluane; monts St. Elias; glaciologie; glacier Kaskawulsh; chaîne Donjek; bilan de masse des glaciers; changements caractérisant les glaciers; dynamique des glaciers; crues glaciaires; interactions glacier-climat; processus sous; Kluane Lake; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67400

With an extensive ice cover and rich display of glacier behaviour, the St. Elias Mountains continue to be an enviable natural laboratory for glaciological research. Recent work has been motivated in part by the magnitude and pace of observed glacier change in this area, which is so ice-rich that ice...