Growth of a post-Little Ice Age submarine fan, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Geo-Marine Letters
By: P. R. Carlson, E. A. Cowan, R. D. Powell, and J. Cai
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Abstract
A small Holocene fan is forming where Queen Inlet, a hanging valley, enters West Arm fjord, Glacier Bay, Alaska. Queen fan formed in the last 80 years following retreat of the Little Ice Age glacier that filled Glacier Bay about 200 yr BP. It was built mainly by a turbidite system originating from Carroll Glacier delta, as the delta formed in the early 1900s at the head of Queen Inlet. The Late Holocene Queen fan is comparable to large Pleistocene fans that formed in the Gulf of Alaska and differs from trough-mouth fans formed by cooler climate glacier systems.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Growth of a post-Little Ice Age submarine fan, Glacier Bay, Alaska |
| Series title | Geo-Marine Letters |
| DOI | 10.1007/s003670050113 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Geo-Marine Letters |
| First page | 227 |
| Last page | 236 |
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