Juneau Icefield Research Project (1949-1958) : a retrospective /

The Juneau Icefield Research Project (JIRP) was formed to find a prototype area to study Alaska's coastal glaciers and trends in climatic change. For the past 57 years JIRP has conducted a systematic study of key receding and advancing glaciers, including Lemon Creek and Taku Glaciers. From thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heusser, Calvin J.
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Developments in Quaternary science ; 8.
Subjects:	Juneau Ice Field Research Project. Glaciers > Juneau Icefield (Alaska and B.C.) Climatic changes. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Part I Background of the project. 1. Introduction. Part 2 Early years of the projects (1949-1952). 3. 1949 Field Season. 4. 1950 Field Season. 5. 1951 Field Season. 6. 1952 Field Season. Part 3 Later Years of the project. 7. 1953 Field Season. 8. 1954 Field Season. 9. 1955 Field Season. 10. 1956 Field Season. 11. 1957 Field Season. 12. 1958 Field Season. Part 4 Summation. 13. Taku Glacier variations. 14. Lemon Creek glacier variations. Part 5. Late Quaternary Paleoecology of North Pacific America. An overview. 15. Glacial, climatic, and biotic setting.