Accession Number:
AD0726405
Title:
The High Mountain Environment Project St. Elias Mountains, Yukon and Alaska, 1967-1971.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 1 Apr 67-31 May 71,
Corporate Author:
ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON D C
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1971-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
83.0
Abstract:
The report provides the results of field investigations conducted in Chitistone Pass in Alaska and on Mt. Logan in Yukon Territory, Canada. A historical and philosophical background of the project is given, as are environmental descriptions of the research areas. During the program, research was carried out in these areas 1 climatology and meteorology, 2 botany and plant geography, 3 periglacial hydrology and geomorphology, and 4 glaciology. Relationships between environmental processes are covered. Abstracts, of published research papers and presentations that derived from the program are included, as is a listing of remaining research reports in progress. Author
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Meteorology
- Snow, Ice and Permafrost