Description
Between 27 and 11 kyr ago, during the last major (Naptowne) glaciation, the northwestern and western Kenai Peninsula and the Cook Inlet trough were covered by ice except for local nunataks and small refugia, like the Caribou Hills. Landforms related to four glacial stades are recognized and paleogeographic maps document ice limits, drainage systems, glacial-impounded lakes, and glaciomarine terraces. Numerous multidisciplinary studies of glacial, vegetation, and insect histories document Holocene climatic changes.
Resources
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| ArcGIS Shapefile | Unknown | CSDGM IMPORT ERROR: No digtinfo/formcont | Open resource |
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| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource | |
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Tags
- alluvial deposits
- beluga formation
- bootlegger cove formation
- climate change
- coastal erosion
- cook inlet
- elmendorf stade
- erosion
- geologic hazards
- geology
- geomorphology
- glacial deposits
- glacial drift
- glacial geology
- glaciation
- gravel
- holocene
- homer
- ice
- ice-contact
- ice contact deposits
- kenai peninsula
- kenai quadrangle
- kenai spur highway
- killey stade
- lethe tephra
- meltwater
- moosehorn stade
- outwash
- pleistocene
- quaternary
- radiocarbon dating
- seldovia quadrangle
- seward highway
- seward quadrangle
- skilak stade
- sterling formation
- sterling highway
- surficial geology
- tephra
- tephrachronology
- terrace
- tsunami
- vegetation