Modeling the tor-dotted crests, bedrock edges, and parabolic profiles of high alpine surfaces of the Wind River Range, Wyoming

Geomorphology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 35-58

  Anderson, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex hilltop; Erosion surfaces; Frost creep; Hillslopes; Landscape modeling; Relief; Tors; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MODELING; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; RELIEF; TOR; WEATHERING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036302752     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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