CASCADE ALP SLOPES AND GIPFELFLUREN AS CLIMA GEOMORPHIC PHENOMENA
Abstract
Certain topographic forms and relationships, and the processes which have caused them, are found to characterize the Cascades and other mid-lati tude mountains, including the Alps, which have similar climates dominated by westerly winds off the sea. The relative frequency of summits at certain heights relative to timberline (gipfel fluren), and the occurrence of a certain kind of moderated surface (alp slope) at timberline, are found to be closely related to and indicative of regional climate. It is thus possible to deter mine the degree of climatic consistency which exists in the Cascade or similar regions, and to compare their climates with those of regions having similar, or consistently different, land scapes. Present climate in the Cascades is found to approximate that normal during Pleistocene interglacial times. However, warmer periods are shown to have occurred.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0403773
Entities
People
- Will F. Hompson