| Abstract: | Preliminary bathymetry (at 1:20,000 scale) and scientific studies of Blackstone Bay Alaska, by the Research Vessel Growler in 1978 disclose that the head of the bay consists of two basins separated by Willard Island and a submarine ridge. Both basins are closed on the north by terminal-moraine bars where Blackstone Glacier and its tributaries terminated as recently as about A.D. 1350; a carbon-14 date of 580 years before present on Badger Point, and old trees farther up the bay, disclose that the glaciers retreated to two narrow inlets at the head of the bay before 1400. The inlets were still glacier-covered until at least 1909. Glaciers in both inlets have continued to retreat; at present they terminate at the head of tidewater, where they discharge small icebergs. Only relatively thin sediments have accumulated in the eastern basin south of the terminal-moraine bar, and most of the bottom is hard and irregular as disclosed by soundings and profiles. The northern part of Blackstone Bay is very deep; at more than 1,100 feet below sea level a large, level accumulation of sediment is present which is presumably as much as 1,000 feet deep and has been accumulating since late Pleistocene glaciers retreated. (USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Post, Austin |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 2 maps ;89 x 67 cm. |
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 80-418 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Preliminary bathymetry of Blackstone Bay and Neoglacial changes of Blackstone Glaciers, Alaska; 1980; OFR; 80-418; Post, Austin |
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| Text: | Preliminary bathymetry of Blackstone Bay and Neoglacial changes of Blackstone Glaciers, Alaska; 1980; OFR; 80-418; Post, Austin |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
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