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Author : Coulthard, B.; Harvey, J.; and Smith, D.J.
Date : 2011.
Title : -Late Holocene glacier activity in the Mount Waddington Area, Central British Columbia Coast Mountains.
Publication : 2011 Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers. March 10-12, 2011. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
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Abstract
The extent and volume of glaciers in the British Columbia Coast Mountains has fluctuated in concert with the climate shifts that characterize the Holocene epoch. Despite pioneering studies undertaken by Ryder and Thompson (1986) limited attention has been directed to detailing the Late Holocene response of glaciers in the vicinity of Mt. Waddington. This remote, high relief land-scape contains some of the tallest peaks in the province and is characterized by granitic bedrock, rugged terrain, and large valley glaciers. These glaciers began receding from their LIA terminus positions early in the 20th Century and are now characterized by extensive unvegetated forefields and large lateral moraines containing the remnants of glacially-killed trees. In the summers of 2008 and 2009 dendroglaciological surveys were undertaken near the confluence of the Confederation and Franklin glaciers west of Mt Waddington, and at Jambeau Glacier south of Mt. Waddington. The findings of these investigations and a chronology of Late Holocene glacier activity in the Mt. Waddington area are reported.
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