Stream development in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA

• Published in: Arctic and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Sidle, Roy C, Milner, A M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Colorado 1989
• Subjects: FoR 0406 (Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience); channel condition; chronosequence; fish habitat; glacial outwash deposit; hydraulics; riparian vegetation; sediment supply; stream development; Alaska; Glacier Bay National Park; Berg Bay; Glacier Bay; glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2307/1551645

The effects of hydraulics, sediment supply, channel condition, and riparian vegetation on stream development were examined in a chronosequence of five streams in Glacier Bay National Park. The youngest stream, Wolf Point Creek (deglaciated around 1955), is fed by a remnant glacier and had the highes...