Multiple Glaciation in Alaska: A Progress Report Northern Alaska Peninsula and Eastern Kilbuck Mountains, Alaska
Pewe T and Muller E. 1953. Multiple Glaciation in Alaska: A Progress Report Northern Alaska Peninsula and Eastern Kilbuck Mountains, Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Circular. 289. US Geological Survey
Four major glaciations are tentatively recognized in the northern part of the Alaska Peninsula. The distribution of glacial deposits derived from the Aleutian Range and the Kilbuck Mountains suggest that the greater part of the Nushagak and Alaska Peninsula lowlands have been glaciated at one time or another. The piedmont ice sheet of the Aleutian Range and the glaciers of the Cook Inlet area were connected through low cols east of Ilianma Lake; and during the most extensive glaciation, the width of the ice sheet normal to the moutain front was more than 150 miles, from Ilianma Volcano southwest of the moraines west of Kvichak Bay.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Pewe, Troy; Muller, Ernest
- Date of Issue
- 1953
- Publisher
- US Geological Survey
- Units
- KATM
- Keywords
- Glaciation, glaciations, Glaciers, Ilianma volcano, kvichak bay, nushagak