188 Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology (Posters) III: Glaciers, Volcanoes, Caves, and Isotopes
EQUILIBRIUM-LINE ALTITUDES DURING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ACROSS THE BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA
Paper number: 188-119
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Authors
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Darrell S. KaufmanNorthern Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ
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William F. ManleyUniv of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Abstract
Equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs) were derived for 383 reconstructed glaciers across the Brooks Range to investigate the regional pattern of climatic forcing, primarily winter precipitation, on glacier extent during the last glacial maximum (LGM). Glacier outlines were delimited based on new and published field mapping, combined with original interpretations of aerial photographs. Glacier margins were digitized from 1:63,360-scale maps into a geographic information system (GIS) with a DEM on a 60 m grid. Several geometric characteristics of each glacier were calculated, along with the ELA using the accumulation area ratio method (