Glacial erosion and geomorphology in the northwest Sierra Nevada, CA

Geomorphology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 283-303

  James, L Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine glaciation; Erosion; Quaternary landforms

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141975367     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00145-4     Document Type: Article

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