Latest pleistocene advance of alpine glaciers in the southwestern Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA: Evidence for the influence of local moisture sources

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 841-844

  Munroe, Jeffrey S ^a   Laabs, Benjamin J C ^b,d   Shakun, Jeremy D ^a   Singer, Brad S ^b   Mickelson, David M ^b   Refsnider, Kurt A ^b   Caffee, Marc W ^c  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine glaciers; Climate; Last glacial maximum; Late pleistocene; Rocky mountains

Indexed keywords

ALPINE GLACIERS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE PLEISTOCENE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE FORCING; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOISTURE FLUX; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VALLEY GLACIER;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33750066295     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22681.1     Document Type: Article

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