Quantifying rates of paraglacial sedimentation: An example from Chilean Patagonia

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-334

  Harrison, Stephan ^a   Winchester, Vanessa ^a   Warren, Charles ^b   Passmore, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHILE; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 32144453494     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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