Ice Dam

A river obstruction formed of floating blocks of ice that may cause ponding and widespread flooding during spring and early summer. Syn: ice barrier. Neuendorf, K.K.E., Mehl, J.P., Jr., and Jackson, J.A., eds., 2011, Glossary of Geology: Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute, 799 p.

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RDF 2019-6

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., Wolken, G.J., and Hendricks, M.D., 2019, Photogrammetry-derived digital surface model and orthoimagery of Valdez Glacier ice-dammed lake, Valdez, Alaska, October 12, 2016: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2019-6, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30200

PIR 2019-4

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2019, Valdez Glacier ice-dammed lake: June 2018 glacial lake outburst flood: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2019-4, 6 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30175

OF 86-334

Carter, L.D., Ferrians, O.J., Jr., and Galloway, J.P., 1986, Engineering - geologic maps of northern Alaska coastal plain and foothills of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-334, 9 p., 2 sheets.