USGS HA 455

Publication Details

  • Title:

    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):

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

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

  • ReportReport Information

  • Maps & Other Oversized SheetsMaps & 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)

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