Timing and significance of Late-glacial and holocene cirque glaciation in the Sierra Nevada, California

Quaternary International

Volumn 38-39, Issue , 1997, Pages 21-38

  Clark, Douglas H ^a,b   Gillespie, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CIRQUE MORAINE; ELA; GLACIER ADVANCE; LATE GLACIAL; SNOWLINE LOWERING; TOPOGRAPHY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA, RECESS PEAK;

EID: 0030700565     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(96)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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