Glacier regimes, periglacial landforms, and holocene climate change in the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, U.S.A.

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 154-165

  Calkin, Parker E ^a,b   Kaufman, Darrell S ^c   Przybyl, Bruce J ^d   Whitford, W Brett ^e   Peck, Brian J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Utah State University ^*  (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d URS Consultants Inc   (United States)

^e KLEINFELDER   (United States)

^f Broadbent and Associates Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0031804353     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552130     Document Type: Article

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