Lichenometry as Applied to Moraines in Alaska, U.S.A., and Kamchatka, Russia

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-143

  Solomina, Olga ^a   Calkin, Parker E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATING METHOD; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LICHENOMETRY; MORAINE; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ALASKA; KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOCARPON;

EID: 0141703249     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0129:LAATMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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