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Legend and landscape: convergence of oral and scientific traditions with special reference to the Yukon territory, Canada
… Yukon are discussed. Oral traditions about glacier movement and impounded lakes, climatic fluctuations, geography and geology, fauna and flora, and prehistory are compared with present day scientific research about the same phenomena. Scientific interest in oral narrative elsewhere in the …
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Applying GIS Metrics to Determine Degree of Glacial Modification in Mountainous Landscapes
<p>The ability to quantitatively assess the degree of glaciation in mountainous areas can be a powerful tool in unraveling the evolution of landscapes, and provide key insights in regions where field research is difficult. Here we determine, test, and apply metrics that assess the relative degree …