The dynamic geomorphology of the Mt. Rae Area: a high mountain region in Southwestern Alberta
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Autor: Gardner, James S
Jahr: 1983
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface................................. v
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION ............................. 1
PURPOSE ................................... 1
RATIONALE................................. 3
CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND.....................4
HUMAN OCCUPANCE AND HISTORY................6
STUDY APPROACH.............................8
CHAPTER 2
THE PRESENT ENVIRONMENT .................. 13
BEDROCK GEOLOGY....................................................13
Devonian ........................................................13
Mississippian....................................................14-
Triassic..........................................................16
Jurassic..........................................................16
Lower Cretaceous - Upper Jurassic............................16
Lower Cretaceous ..............................................17
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY................................................17
MORPHOLOGY............................................................17
PRESENT CLIMATOLOGY.......................20
Front Range Macroclimates in Southwestern Alberta .... 20
Climatology of the Mt. Rae Area..............................21
Solar Radiation ............................................22
Air Temperature............................................22
Precipitation ................................................25
Relative Humidity..........................................27
Wind...... ............................................33
M icroclimatic Investigations..................35
Site I ........................................................35
Site II ......................................................39
Site III......................................................42
Site IV ...........................45
HYDROLOGY ..............................................................46
THE BIOTA ................................................................51
Vegetation........................................................51
Wildlife.............................54
CHAPTER 3
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE..................... 57
PRE-QUATERNARY LANDFORM DEVELOPMENT.......57
GLACIATIONS..............................................................58
Wisconsin Glacial Activity......................................58
The Early Holocene............................................60
Neoglaciation..........................61
GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE MT. RAE AREA.......62
Canmore Advance ..............................................62
Eisenhower Advance......................66
Early Holocene Advance........................................67
Neoglacial Advance..............................................67
CLIMATIC TRENDS...........................68
Historical C.iimatic Trends ( 1800-1950) ......................7ft
CONCLUSION: THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL
M ILEAL ..............................
CHAPTER 4
MASS WASTING PROCESSES AND FORMS............ 75
ROCKFALLS/ROCKSLIDE.......................76
Study Methods......................... 77
Landforms and Deposits.................... 78
Debris Slope Form .................... 79
Cliff Fall and Bergsturz Deposits ............. 85
Frequency of Occurrence.................... 86
Spatial Distribution of Occurrence .............. 92
Interpretations ......................... 94
DEBRIS SLOPE ACCRETION AND DEBRIS SHIFT........101
BLOCKSTREAMS AND SCREE STRIPES..............106
GELIFLUCTION (SOLIFLUCTION) FORMS............108
Turf Banked Terraces .....................108
Gelifluction Lobes .......................110
CONCLUSION...............................118
CHAPTER 5
NIVAL FORMS AND PROCESSES ..................121
STATIONARY SNOW...........................122
Subnival Boulder Pavements..................122
Nivation Hollows........................124
N ON ST AT ION AR Y SNOW .......................125
Snow Avalanches .......................125
Avalanche Occurrence in the Mt. Rae Area......128
Some Observed Avalanches ...............131
Avalanche Related Geomorphic Features .......136
CONCLUSION...............................137
CHAPTER 6
FROST ACTION : FORMS AND PROCESSES ...........139
MOUNTAIN TOP DETRITUS .....................140
CRYOPLANATION SURFACES.....................141
PATTERNED GROUND.........................142
Miniature Patterned Ground .................143
Closed Sorted Patterns ..................143
Miniature Non-Sorted Polygons .............144
Miniature Sorted Stripes .................144
Large Scale Patterned Ground ................149
Non-Sorted Circles ....................149
Large Sorted Circles, Polygons and Nets ........152
Sorted Stripes .......................157
Vegetation Patterns.......................158
M iniature String Bogs...................158
Earth Flummocks .....................159
CONCLUSION...............................163
CHAPTER 7
GLACIER AND ROCK GLACIER FORMS AND
PROCESSES ................................165
NEOG FACIAL AND PRESENT GLACIATION ...........165
PROTALUS RIDGES AND EARLY HOLOCENE
MORAINES ............................166
ROCK GLACIERS.............................174
CONCLUSIONS ..............................180
CHAPTER 8
FLUVIAL FORMS AND PROCESSES ................183
EPHEMERAL AND EPISODIC FLUVIAL ACTIVITY.......183
THE G LAC: 1ER CREEK WATERSHED AND ALLUVIAL
FAN.................................186
Morphology and Sedimentology................186
Present Hydrology and Gradational Processes........195
Recent Chronology of the Glacier Creek Alluvial Fan ... 199
CONCLUSION...............................201
CHAPTER 9
CONCLUSION: GEOMORPHIC TEMPO AND THE
HUMAN IMPLICATIONS .......................205
REFERENCES...........................211
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