Modeling degradation of terrace scarps in Grand Teton National Park, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 400-407

  Nash, David B ^a   Beaujon, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Hillslope evolution; Morphologic dating

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; TERRACE;

EID: 33645839847     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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