Apatite (U-Th)/He signal of large-magnitude accelerated glacial erosion, southwest British Columbia

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 765-768

  Ehlers, Todd A ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^b   Rusmore, Margaret E ^c   Woodsworth, Glenn J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apatite (U Th) He; Coast Mountains; Glacial erosion; Numerical modeling; Paleotopography

Indexed keywords

APATITE (U-TH)/HE (AHE); APATITE FISSION TRACK; GLACIAL EROSION; THERMAL-KINEMATIC MODEL;

EROSION; GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

APATITE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY GLACIER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748936693     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22507.1     Document Type: Article

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