Last Glacial Maximum equilibrium-line altitudes and paleoclimate, northern Uinta Mountains, Utah, U.S.A

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 48, Issue 161, 2002, Pages 257-266

  Munroe, Jeffrey S ^a   Mickelson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION;

UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 0036909247     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756502781831331     Document Type: Article

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