Testing a glacial erosion rule using hang heights of hanging valleys, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Amundson, J M ^a   Iverson, N R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; SLIDING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; JASPER NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047220717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000359     Document Type: Article

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