'Protalus Ramparts' on Navajo Mountain, Utah, USA: Reinterpretation as blockslope-sourced rock glaciers

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Gordon, Lisa S ^a   Ballantyne, Colin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blockfields; Protalus ramparts; Rock glaciers

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEBRIS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER;

NAVAJO MOUNTAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33745616074     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.545     Document Type: Article

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