Evidence for Cirque Glaciation in the Colorado Front Range during the Younger Dryas Chronozone

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-47

  Menounos, Brian ^a,b   Reasoner, Mel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE GLACIER; CIRQUE GLACIATION; GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; GLACIER ADVANCE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

USA, COLORADO, COLORADO FRONT RANGE;

EID: 0031413480     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1902     Document Type: Article

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