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Author : Clarke, G.C.K.
Date : 2002.
Title : Glaciers of the Coast Mountains.
Publication : Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World. Glaciers of North America - Glaciers of Canada. Edited by: R.S. Williams, Jr. and J.G. Ferrigno. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Issue : 1386-J-1:
Page(s) : J291-J300.
Abstract
The Coast Mountains follow the Pacific coast of Canada and extend from southwestern British Columbia to southwestern Yukon Territory. The predominantly granitic bedrock forms elevated blocks that have been deeply dissected by erosion, yielding a distinctive pattern of disjointed highland ice fields that are drained by radiating outlet glaciers. Popular interest in the glaciers of the Coast Mountains centers on the hazards and problems that they engender and on their attractions as a recreational resource. Scientific interest has largely focused on their status as climate indicators. We touch on these various themes by discussing the glacier-associated problems of the Granduc mining operation near Leduc Glacier in northwestern British Columbia, the outburst floods of glacier-dammed Flood Lake, and the recreational and scientific roles of small glaciers in Garibaldi Provincial Park near Vancouver, British Columbia.
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