Origin of fossil rock glaciers, la sal mountains, utah

Physical Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-175

  Nicholas, Joseph W ^a   Garcia, Joseph E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Fabric analysis; La Sal Mountains; Permafrost; Rock glacier; Talus; Utah

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIUM; LOBE; ROCK GLACIER; TALUS;

USA, UTAH, LA SAL MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031391336     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1997.10642614     Document Type: Article

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