Colorado front range rock glaciers: Distribution and topographic characteristics

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-83

  Janke, Jason R ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; ORTHOPHOTO; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; ROCK GLACIER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

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

EID: 33947673906     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[74:CFRRGD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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