Movement of King's Throne rock glacier, Mount Rae Area, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-162

  Koning, Donna M ^a   Smith, Dan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Rocky Mountains; Mass wasting; Rock glaciers

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GLACIER ADVANCE; ROCK GLACIER;

CANADA;

EID: 0033377190     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199904/06)10:2<151::AID-PPP312>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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