USGS HA 455

Glacier dammed lakes and outburst floods in Alaska

• Authors:

  Post, Austin, and Mayo, L.R.

• Publication Date:

  1971

• Publisher:

  U.S. Geological Survey 

• Ordering Info:

  USGS Publications Warehouse

• Quadrangle(s):

  Anchorage; Atlin; Bering Glacier; Big Delta; Blying Sound; Bradfield Canal; Cordova; Craig; Dixon Entrance; Eagle; Fairbanks; Gulkana; Healy; Icy Bay; Iliamna; Juneau; Kantishna River; Kenai; Ketchikan; Lake Clark; Lime Hills; McCarthy; McGrath; Medfra; Middleton Island; Mount Fairweather; Mount Hayes; Mount McKinley; Mount Saint Elias; Nabesna; Petersburg; Port Alexander; Prince Rupert; Ruby; Seldovia; Seward; Sitka; Skagway; Sumdum; Taku River; Talkeetna; Talkeetna Mountains; Tanacross; Tyonek; Valdez; Yakutat

• Citation ID:

  13642

Bibliographic Reference

Post, Austin, and Mayo, L.R., 1971, Glacier dammed lakes and outburst floods in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas 455, 10 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • ha-0455.pdf (818.0 K)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Sheet 1, Map showing location of glaciers, glacier-dammed lakes glacier-sheathed volcanoes and areas subject to outburst flooding in southeastern Alaska, scale 1:1,000,000 (6.6 M)
  • Sheet 2, Map showing location of glaciers, glacier-dammed lakes glacier-sheathed volcanoes and areas subject to outburst flooding in south central Alaska, scale 1:1,000,000 (6.1 M)
  • Sheet 3, Photographs illustrating the variability of glacier-dammed lakes and damage caused by outburst floods (11.0 M)

Keywords

Coastal and River; Coastal and River Hazards; Engineering; Flood; Geology; Glacier Outburst Flood

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