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Author : Fahnestock, R.K.
Date : 1969
Title : Morphology of the Slims River
Publication : Icefield Ranges Research Project, Scientific Results. Edited by: V.C. Bushnell and R.H. Ragle. New York, NY, United States: American Geographical Society-Arctic Institute of North America
Issue : 1:
Page(s) : 161-172.
Abstract
On the basis of discharge measurements and observations of gage height and flow phenomena, discharge of Slims River ranged from 0-20,000 ft(3)/sec. The stream was regrading the three zones of the valley train; the slope was gradually being adjusted to changes in load and discharge and to channel form existing in each zone. Evidence supports postglacial drainage reversal suggested by Bostock for the Slims system from the Kaskawulsh-Alsek River to the Yukon River. In 1967, however, the Kaskawulsh Glacier's contribution to the Slims River shifted subglacially to the Kaskawulsh River, imposing a new set of conditions on the valley train and Kluase Lake. Initial changes due to this shift include a major decrease in discharge of Slims River and an increase in amount of blowing sediment.
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