Erosion rates during rapid deglaciation in Icy Bay, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Koppes, Michèle ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; EROSION RATE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER RETREAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT YIELD;

ALASKA; ICY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047198490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000349     Document Type: Article

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