Valley asymmetry and glacial versus nonglacial erosion in the Bitterroot Range, Montana, USA

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-378

  Naylor, Shawn ^a   Gabet, Emmanuel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterroot Range; Cirque headwall retreat; Divide migration; Glacial erosion; Relief

Indexed keywords

BITTERROOT RANGE; CIRQUE HEADWALL RETREAT; GLACIAL EROSION;

CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIERS; LITHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER; HILLSLOPE; LITHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TRANSITION ZONE; VALLEY GLACIER;

BITTERROOT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34147100154     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23283A.1     Document Type: Article

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