Late Holocene Activity of Sherman and Sheridan Glaciers, Prince William Sound, Alaska

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Shugar, D.H., Clague, J.J., McSaveney, M.J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UW Tacoma Digital Commons 2018
• Subjects: Alaska; Climate change; Glacial geomorphology; Glaciation; Glacier-dammed lake; Holocene; Radiocarbon dating; Sedimentology; Sheridan Glacier; Sherman Glacier; Dammed Lake; Lower Lake; glacier; glaciers
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/ias_pub/903; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.07.016

Two adjacent glaciers in the Chugach Mountains of south-central Alaska have markedly different histories on decadal to perhaps centennial timescales. Sheridan Glacier has advanced and retreated hundreds of metres during the latest Holocene. Its recent fluctuations have markedly altered local base le...