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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Alaska Palaeo-Glacier Atlas (Version 2)

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This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Other Collections. The data include parameters of others with a geographic location of Alaska, United States Of America. The time period coverage is from Unavailable begin date to Unavailable end date in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
  • Cite as: Kaufman, D.S.; Young, N.E.; Briner, J.P.; Manley, W.F. (2011-08-08): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Alaska Palaeo-Glacier Atlas (Version 2). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/94pt-1z68. Accessed [date].
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Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact Data Center Contact
NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
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Coverage Description Paleo date information not available.
Time Period 1950 to Present
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -168
East: -142
South: 59
North: 70
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Alaska Palaeo-Glacier Atlas (Version 2)
    • Associated Reference published 2011
      Kaufman, D.S., N.E. Young, J.P. Briner, and W.F. Manley, 2011: Alaska Palaeo-Glacier Atlas (Version 2). Developments in Quaternary Science, 15, 427-445, 10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00033-7
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2011-08-08
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
STUDY NOTES: This report is an update of the Alaska Palaeo-Glacier Atlas (APG Atlas), a collaborative effort among glacial geologists working in Alaska to compile a coherent map of former glacier limits from across the state. The previous version of the digital atlas (v1) was originally available online in 2002 (Manley and Kaufman, 2002). The evidence used to draw the glacial limits in 14 regions across Alaska was described in a subsequent report (Kaufman and Manley, 2004), which was part of a larger effort to create a global database of Pleistocene glacial extents with a target scale of 1:1,000,000. This update (APG Atlas v2) is based on a more detailed map scale and, therefore, provides more accurately resolved limits of former glacier extents. In addition, the previous version included the only two glacier limits that could be most confidently mapped and correlated around the state: (1) the all-time maximum extent of former glaciers; and (2) the late Wisconsinan extent (= late Weichselian = marine isotope stage (MIS) 2 = spanning the period between about 24,000 and 12,000 years ago). In this update, we added a third mapped limit for areas where it has been sufficiently well studied, namely for the penultimate glaciation, which over most of Alaska occurred during the early Wisconsinan. Glacier extent maps are available in Google Earth format at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/alaska-glacier-atlas/alaska-palaeoglacier-atlas-v2.kmz or in ARC GIS format at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/alaska-glacier-atlas/arcgis/ Exposure ages are listed below, and in the equivalent Excel format file: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/alaska-glacier-atlas/alaska-palaeoglacier-atlas-v2.xls
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: This report is an update of the Alaska PalaeoGlacier Atlas. It includes information published since 2002 and is based on a more detailed map scale. In addition to the all-time maximum extent of former glaciers and the late Wisconsinan extent, this update includes the mapped limit for the penultimate glaciation, which generally occurred during the early Wisconsinan. The update also includes a compilation of cosmogenic exposure ages linked to the geospatial database.
Purpose Data of past climate and environment derived from unusual proxy evidence. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Kaufman, D.S.; Young, N.E.; Briner, J.P.; Manley, W.F. (2011-08-08): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Alaska Palaeo-Glacier Atlas (Version 2). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/94pt-1z68. Accessed [date].
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Cited Authors
  • Kaufman, D.S.
  • Young, N.E.
  • Briner, J.P.
  • Manley, W.F.
Originators
  • Kaufman, D.S.
  • Young, N.E.
  • Briner, J.P.
  • Manley, W.F.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Paleoclimate Reconstructions
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > others
  • Arctic
  • Glacial
  • Glaciers and Ice Sheets Reconstruction
Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Place keywords
  • Continent > North America > United States Of America > Alaska > Alaska > LATITUDE > LONGITUDE
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Kaufman, D.S.; Young, N.E.; Briner, J.P.; Manley, W.F. (2011-08-08): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Alaska Palaeo-Glacier Atlas (Version 2). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/94pt-1z68. Accessed [date].
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