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Geological Survey Professional Paper 715—A
Combined Ice and Water Balances of Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers, Alaska, and South Cascade Glacier, Washington, 1965 and 1966 Hydrologic Years |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Regional physical and climatic setting
Geology
Climate
Ice balance and altitude
Glaciers of the Pacific Mountain System
Glaciers of the Rocky Mountain or Eastern System
Glaciers of the Interior System
Descriptions of individual glaciers
Gulkana Glacier
Wolverine Glacier
South Cascade Glacier
Maclure Glacier
Measurements
Ice-balance terms
Evaluation of errors
1965 hydrologic year
South Cascade Glacier
1966 hydrologic year
South Cascade Glacier
Gulkana Glacier
Wolverine Glacier
ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATE (omitted from the online edition)
1. Map of northwestern North America showing location of study glaciers and distribution of precipitation and glacier equilibrium lines.2. Maps and photographs showing physical setting of Gulkana, Wolverine, South Cascade, and Maclure Glaciers, western continental United States.
3. Maps and graphs showing data for 1965 hydrologic year, South Cascade Glacier, North Cascade Range, Washington.
4. Maps and graphs showing data for 1966 hydrologic year, South Cascade Glacier, North Cascade Range, Washington.
5. Maps and graphs showing data for 1966 hydrologic year, Gulkana Glacier, Alaska Range, central Alaska.
6. Maps and graphs showing data for 1966 hydrologic year, Wolverine Glacier, Kenai Mountains, Alaska.
FIGURE
1. Graphs showing ice balance versus altitude for representative glaciers
2. Photograph of Chenega Glacier, Kenai Mountains, Alaska
3. Photograph of eastern Alaska Range in interior Alaska
4. Photograph of Ladder Creek and Neve Glaciers in North Cascades National Park, Washington
5. Photograph of the Sierra Nevada, California
6. Diagram illustrating the combined system for ice-balance terms
7. Photograph of South Cascade Glacier and basin in September 1966
TABLES
TABLE
1. Instrumentation at South Cascade Glacier during the 1965 hydrologic year
2. Snow, ice, and water balances, South Cascade Glacier, 1965 hydrologic and balance years
3. Instrumentation at South Cascade Glacier during the 1966 hydrologic year
4. Snow, ice, and water balances, South Cascade Glacier, 1966 hydrologic and balance years
5. Instrumentation at Gulkana Glacier during the 1966 hydrologic year
6. Snow and ice balances, Gulkana Glacier, 1966 hydrologic year
7. Instrumentation at Wolverine Glacier during the 1966 hydrologic year
8. Snow and ice balances, Wolverine Glacier, 1966 hydrologic year
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ROGERS C. B. MORTON, SecretaryGEOLOGICAL SURVEY
W. A. Radlinski, Acting DirectorLibrary of Congress catalog-card No. 70-611617
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