Contemporary sediment production and transfer in high-altitude glaciers

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-36

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Derbyshire, Edward ^b   Scott, Christine H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Alpine environment; Glacial sediment transport; Glacial sedimentation; Himalaya

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0037427815     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00156-2     Document Type: Article

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