Edited by Richard S. Williams, Jr., and Jane G. Ferrigno
Version 1.0
Landsat images, together with aerial photographs, selected maps, and other
data,
have been used to provide a baseline of mid-1970's glacierization in Canada,
the conterminous United States, and México
Cover: Landsat false-color image of ice fields, outlet
glaciers, valley
glaciers, and cirque glaciers on Bylot Island, as well as ice caps, ice
fields, outlet, and valley glaciers on the Borden Peninsula and northern
Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Landsat image (20204–16513; 14
August 1975; Path 36, Row 8) from the Canada Centre for Remote
Sensing (CCRS), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
This volume is provided as low-resolution and high-resolution Adobe Acrobat
PDF files
and alternately as text files. The low-resolution versions are meant
for screen viewing but
print well. Download a free copy of Adobe
Acrobat Reader. The text versions contain
the complete text, figure captions, and tab-delimited tables.
| Section of Professional Paper 1386-J | Low resolution | High resolution | Full Text |
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| Cover | 788 KB | 1.5 MB | |
| Front matter | 155 KB | 16 KB | |
| J-1. Glaciers of Canada | |||
Introduction |
1.1 MB | 88 KB | |
History of Glacier Investigations in Canada |
1.4 MB | 25.75 MB | 244 KB |
Mapping of Canada's Glaciers |
1.3 MB | 26.4 MB | 76 KB |
Glaciers of the Arctic Islands |
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Glaciers of the High Arctic Islands |
1.5 MB | 96 KB | |
Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves and Ice Islands |
920 KB | 7.75 MB | 56 KB |
Glaciers of Baffin Island |
1.75 MB | 24 MB | 88 KB |
Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies |
3.9 MB | 103 MB | 272 KB |
Glaciers of the Coast Mountains |
4.5 MB | 24 KB | |
Glaciers of the St. Elias Mountains |
1.6 MB | 31.5 MB | 68 KB |
| J-2. Glaciers of the Conterminous United States | |||
Glaciers of the Western United States |
3.2 MB | 86 MB | 132 KB |
| J-3. Glaciers of México | 830 KB | 11.6 MB | 68 KB |
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USGS Information Services, Box 25286,
Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
e-mail: infoservices@usgs.gov
Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS.
For questions about the content of this report, contact Richard S. Williams or Jane G. Ferrigno.
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