Geomorphic inferences from regolith thickness, chemical denudation and CRN erosion rates near the glacial limit, Boulder Creek catchment and vicinity, Colorado

Geomorphology

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 384-399

  Dethier, David P ^a   Lazarus, Eli D ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical denudation; Front Range; Grus; Regolith; Surface lowering; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; REGOLITH; WEATHERING RATE;

BOULDER COUNTY; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GRUS;

EID: 33645920002     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.07.029     Document Type: Article

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