Rock glaciers in central Colorado, U.S.A., as indicators of holocene climate change

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-136

  Refsnider, Kurt A ^a,b   Brugger, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LICHEN; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; ROCK GLACIER;

COLORADO; ELK MOUNTAINS; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAWATCH RANGE; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOCARPON; RHIZOCARPON GEOGRAPHICUM;

EID: 33947657368     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[127:RGICCU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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