Author: Nigel Davies
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Category : Drift
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Holocene Glaciation of the Green River Drainage, Wind River Range, Wyoming
Author: Nigel Davies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drift
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drift
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Panoramic Views
Author: Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
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Category : Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Glacial Recession in Wyoming's Wind River Range
Author: Kyle S. Cheesbrough
Publisher: ProQuest
ISBN: 9780549356677
Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Publisher: ProQuest
ISBN: 9780549356677
Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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Estimates of Glacier Mass Loss and Contribution to Streamflow
Author: Jeffrey Allen Marks
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 47
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The Wind River Range is a continuous mountain range approximately 160 km in length in west - central Wyoming. The Wind River Range is host to roughly 680 snow and ice bodies with 63 of these considered glaciers including seven of the ten largest glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The presence of glaciers results in meltwater contributions to streamflow during the late summer (July, August, and September -- JAS) when snowmelt is decreasing, temperatures are high, precipitation is low, and irrigation demand continues. Most studies indicate that the glaciers in the Wind River Range have been retreating since the 1850's, the approximate end of the Little Ice Age. Thus, the quantification of glacier meltwater (e.g., volume, mass) contributions to late - summer/early - fall streamflow is important given this resource is dwindling due to glacier recession. The current research expands upon previous research efforts and identified two glaciated watersheds, one on the east slope (Bull Lake Creek) and one on the west slope (Green River) of the Wind River Range in which unimpaired streamflow is available from 1966 to 2006. Glaciers were delineated within each watershed and area estimates (with error) were obtained for the years 1966, 1989 and 2006. Glacier volume (mass) loss (with error) was estimated using empirically based volume - area scaling relationships. For 1966 to 2006, glacier mass contributions to JAS streamflow on the east slope were approximately 8% while on the west slope were approximately 2%. The volume - area scaling glacier mass estimates compared favorably with measured (stereo - pairs remote sensed data) estimates of glacier mass change for three glaciers (Teton, Middle Teton, Teepe) in the nearby Teton Range and one glacier (Dinwoody) in the Wind River Range. While glacier mass contribution to JAS streamflow was estimated at 8% (east slope) and 2% (west slope) from 1966 to 2006, an increase was observed during the period of 1989 to 2006 (>11% - east slope and>3% - west slope). Historic climate data, including precipitation (snowpack) and temperature (JAS average) showed a decrease in snowpack and rapid increase in temperatures during the 1989 to 2006 period, which most likely explains this increase in glacier melt.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
The Wind River Range is a continuous mountain range approximately 160 km in length in west - central Wyoming. The Wind River Range is host to roughly 680 snow and ice bodies with 63 of these considered glaciers including seven of the ten largest glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The presence of glaciers results in meltwater contributions to streamflow during the late summer (July, August, and September -- JAS) when snowmelt is decreasing, temperatures are high, precipitation is low, and irrigation demand continues. Most studies indicate that the glaciers in the Wind River Range have been retreating since the 1850's, the approximate end of the Little Ice Age. Thus, the quantification of glacier meltwater (e.g., volume, mass) contributions to late - summer/early - fall streamflow is important given this resource is dwindling due to glacier recession. The current research expands upon previous research efforts and identified two glaciated watersheds, one on the east slope (Bull Lake Creek) and one on the west slope (Green River) of the Wind River Range in which unimpaired streamflow is available from 1966 to 2006. Glaciers were delineated within each watershed and area estimates (with error) were obtained for the years 1966, 1989 and 2006. Glacier volume (mass) loss (with error) was estimated using empirically based volume - area scaling relationships. For 1966 to 2006, glacier mass contributions to JAS streamflow on the east slope were approximately 8% while on the west slope were approximately 2%. The volume - area scaling glacier mass estimates compared favorably with measured (stereo - pairs remote sensed data) estimates of glacier mass change for three glaciers (Teton, Middle Teton, Teepe) in the nearby Teton Range and one glacier (Dinwoody) in the Wind River Range. While glacier mass contribution to JAS streamflow was estimated at 8% (east slope) and 2% (west slope) from 1966 to 2006, an increase was observed during the period of 1989 to 2006 (>11% - east slope and>3% - west slope). Historic climate data, including precipitation (snowpack) and temperature (JAS average) showed a decrease in snowpack and rapid increase in temperatures during the 1989 to 2006 period, which most likely explains this increase in glacier melt.
Recent Glacier Changes in the Wind River Range, Wyoming
Author: Richard A. Marston
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Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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Glacial Icemelt in the Wind River Range, Wyoming
Author: L. O. Pochop
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Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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A Flora of Green River Age in the Wind River Basin of Wyoming
Author: Edward Wilber Berry
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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Recent Trends in Glaciers and Glacier Runoff, Wind River Range, Wyoming
Author: Richard A. Marston
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Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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... Post-cretaceous History of the Mountains of Central Western Wyoming ...
Author: Eliot Blackwelder
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Deformation and Deposition Between a Foreland Uplift and an Impinging Thrust Belt
Author: John Adam Dorr
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813721776
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 93
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Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813721776
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 93
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