Alpine landscape evolution dominated by cirque retreat

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 933-936

  Oskin, Michael ^a   Burbank, Douglas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirque retreat; Glacial erosion; Kyrgyz Range; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

CIRQUE RETREAT; GLACIAL EROSION; KYRGYZ RANGE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CIRQUE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL EROSION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 29144474418     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21957.1     Document Type: Article

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