Fluctuations of the Deming Glacier and theoretical equilibrium line altitudes during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene on Mount Baker, Washington, USA

Boreas

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-175

  Kovanen, Dori J ^a   Slaymaker, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT BAKER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18744393391     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2005.tb01012.x     Document Type: Article

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