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Author : Coulthard, B.L.; and Smith, D.J.
Date : 2009.
Title : Dendroglaciological investigations at Confederation Glacier, central British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada.
Publication : 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. March 22-27, 2009. Rivera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Dendroglaciological research was completed at Confederation Glacier in the central Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Most glaciers in this high-mountain landscape reached their maximum Holocene downvalley extent during the late Little Ice Age (LIA) and have since experienced an interval of general retreat and downwasting. LIA landforms and deposits now dominate this recently exposed landscape, although older Holocene-age deposits and wood detritus overrun and buried during preceding glacial advances are exposed within stream-side incisions and within collapsing lateral moraines. Our study aims to: 1) provide a late Holocene history of glacial activity in the vicinity of Confederation Glacier; and 2) develop a proxy climate and mass balance record from tree-rings for the Confederation Glacier area. Field investigations in July 2008 focused on surveys of glacier forefields and proximal lateral moraine deposits located near the confluence of the Confederation and Franklin glaciers. Our preliminary findings provide dendroglaciological evidence for the timing of the early-LIA advance. We expect that our research will assist with broader-scale reconstructions of late Holocene glacier activity in the British Columbia Coast Mountains, and establish links between significant climate forcing events and late Holocene glaciological responses.
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