Modelling of the extensional deformation caused by the catastrophic advance (surge) of the lower Horcones Glacier, Mendoza;Modelización de la deformación extensional ocasionada por el avance catastrófico (surge) del glaciar Horcones Inferior, Aconcagua, Mendoza

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-177

  Milana, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aconcagua; Entensional deformation; Glacier; Surge

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER SURGE; MODELING;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10244265951     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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