Long-term glacial erosion of active mountain belts: Example of the Chugach- St. Elias Range, Alaska

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-504

  Spotila, James A ^a   Buscher, Jamie T ^a   Meigs, Andrew J ^b   Reiners, Peter W ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He dating; Denudation; Glacial erosion; Mountain building; Southeast Alaska; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL EROSION; SEDIMENT YIELDS;

COOLING; EROSION; GLACIERS; TECTONICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DENUDATION; EXHUMATION; GLACIAL EROSION; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONICS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142761640     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20343.1     Document Type: Article

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