Features of glacial valley profiles simply explained

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Anderson, Robert S ^a   Molnar, Peter ^a   Kessler, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIAL EROSION; HEADWATER; MASS BALANCE; VALLEY GLACIER;

EID: 34047223249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000344     Document Type: Article

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