History and Bathymetry of a Surge-dammed Lake

Authors

  • Sam G. Collins
  • Garry K.C. Clarke

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2702

Keywords:

Bathymetry, Floods, Glacier lake outbursts, Glacier surges, Donjek River, Yukon, Hazard Creek, Steele Creek, Alaska/Yukon, Steele Glacier

Abstract

A survey was made in 1974 of the small lake which had formed as a result of the surge advance of Steele Glacier, Yukon Territory, in 1965-68. Maximum lake level is controlled by a drainage channel which passes over rock near the hydrologic left margin of Steele Glacier. Since the surge advance of 1965-68 the lake has twice drained subglacially, producing minor outburst floods on Steele Creek and increasing the discharge of the Donjek River which crosses the probable route of the Alaska Highway pipeline.

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Published

1977-01-01

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 4 (1977): December: 197–256

Section

Articles