| Title | Extending the Place Glacier mass-balance record to AD 1585, using tree rings and wood density |
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| Author | Wood, L J; Smith, D J; Demuth, M N |
| Source | Quaternary Research (New York) vol. 76, no. 3, 2011 p. 305-313, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2011.07.003 |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20090438 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia |
| NTS | 92J/07 |
| Area | Place Glacier; Cayoosh Range |
| Lat/Long WENS | -122.6167 -122.6000 50.4333 50.4167 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; geochronology; Nature and Environment; vegetation; dendrochronology; climatology; climate; climate effects; glaciers; glacier surveys |
| Illustrations | location maps; tables; graphs; plots |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience |
| Released | 2017 01 20 |
| Abstract | Recognizing that climate influences both annual tree-ring growth and glacier mass balance, changes in the mass balance of Place Glacier, British Columbia, were documented from increment core records.
Annually resolved ring-width (RW), maximum (MXD), and mean density (MD) chronologies were developed from Engelmann spruce and Douglas-fir trees sampled at sites within the surrounding region. A snowpack record dating to AD 1730 was reconstructed
using a multivariate regression of spruce MD and fir RW chronologies. Spruce MXD and RW chronologies were used to reconstruct winter mass balance (Bw) for Place Glacier to AD 1585. Summer mass balance (Bs) was reconstructed using the RW chronology
from spruce, and net balance was calculated from Bw and Bs. The reconstructions provide insight into the changes that snowpack and mass balance have undergone in the last 400 years, as well as identifying relationships to air temperature and
circulation indices in southern British Columbia. These changes are consistent with other regional mass-balance reconstructions and indicate that the persistent weather systems characterizing large scale climate-forcing mechanisms play a significant
glaciological role in this region. A comparison to dated moraine surfaces in the surrounding region substantiates that the mass-balance shifts recorded in the proxy data are evident in the response of glaciers throughout the region. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 261777 |
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