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Table of Contents - Special Paper 462

Bering Glacier: Interdisciplinary Studies of Earth's Largest Temperate Surging Glacier

Edited by Robert A. Shuchman and Edward G. Josberger


Dedication iii
Reflections from Austin Post vii
Preface ix
A Wildlife Biologist’s Perspective xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1. The raw beauty of Bering Glacier
Kristine J. Crossen and Christopher Noyles
1
2. Introduction to the Bering Glacier System, Alaska/Canada: Early observations and scientific investigations, and key geographic features
Bruce F. Molnia and Austin Post
13
3. Remote sensing of the Bering Glacier Region
Robert A. Shuchman, Edward G. Josberger, Liza K. Jenkins, John F. Payne, Charles R. Hatt, and Lucas Spaete
43
4. Hydrography and circulation of ice-marginal lakes at Bering Glacier, Alaska, USA
Edward G. Josberger, Robert A. Shuchman, Guy A. Meadows, Sean Savage, and John Payne
67
5. Bering Glacier ablation measurements
Robert A. Shuchman, Edward G. Josberger, Charles R. Hatt, Christopher Roussi, P. Jay Fleisher, and Scott Guyer
83
6. Hydrologic processes of Bering Glacier and Vitus Lake, Alaska
Edward G. Josberger, Robert A. Shuchman, Guy A. Meadows, Liza K. Jenkins, and Lorelle A. Meadows
105
7. Botanical inventory of the Bering Glacier Region, Alaska
Marilyn Barker
129
8. Biogeography and ecological succession in freshwater fish assemblages of the Bering Glacier Region, Alaska
Heidi L. Weigner and Frank A. von Hippel
167
9. Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) use of the Bering Glacier habitat: Implications for management
Danielle M. Savarese and Jennifer M. Burns
181
10. The 1993–1995 surge and foreland modification, Bering Glacier, Alaska
P. Jay Fleisher, Palmer K. Bailey, Eric M. Natel, Ernie H. Muller, Don H. Cadwell, and Andrew Russell
193
11. Structural geology and glacier dynamics, Bering and Steller Glaciers, Alaska
Ronald L. Bruhn, Richard R. Forster, Andrew L.J. Ford, Terry L. Pavlis, and Michael Vorkink
217
12. Holocene history revealed by post-surge retreat: Bering Glacier forelands, Alaska
Kristine J. Crossen and Thomas V. Lowell
235
13. Faunal analysis of late Pleistocene–early Holocene invertebrates provides evidence for paleoenvironments of a Gulf of Alaska shoreline inland of the present Bering Glacier margin
Anne D. Pasch, Nora R. Foster, and Gail V. Irvine
251
14. Holocene sea-level changes and earthquakes around Bering Glacier
Ian Shennan and Sarah Hamilton
275
15. Surges of the Bering Glacier
Bruce F. Molnia and Austin Post
291
16. Subarctic hunters to cold warriors: The human history of the Bering Glacier Region
John W. Jangala New Investigator Activities at Bering Glacier 325
317
17. Acoustic and seismic observations of calving events at Bering Glacier, Alaska
Joshua P. Richardson, Katelyn A. FitzGerald, Gregory P. Waite, and Wayne D. Pennington
327
18. Ice-generated seismic events observed at the Bering Glacier
Katelyn A. FitzGerald, Joshua P. Richardson, and Wayne D. Pennington
337
19. Mapping the fresh-water–salt-water interface in the terminal moraine of the Bering Glacier
Austin B. Andrus, Kevin A. Endsley, Silvia Espino, and John S. Gierke
341
20. Satellite-derived turbidity monitoring in the ice marginal lakes at Bering Glacier
Liza K. Jenkins
351
21. Investigating biological productivity in Vitus Lake, Bering Glacier, Alaska
Nancy A. Auer
361
22. Bryophytes and bryophyte ecology of the Bering Glacier Region
Nancy G. Slack and Diana G. Horton
365
23. Birds of the Bering Glacier Region: A preliminary survey of resident and migratory birds
Carol Griswold
373
24. Bering Glacier, climate change, and the Southern University research experience
Michael Stubblefield, Revathi Hines, and Lionel D. Lyles
381