Soil development and glacial history, West Fork of Beaver Creek, Uinta Mountains, Utah

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 592-602

  Douglass, Daniel C ^a,b   Mickelson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HISTORY; MORAINE; ORGANIC MATTER; WEATHERING;

BEAVER CREEK; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WIND RIVER; WYOMING;

EID: 36448980942     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-093)[DOUGLASS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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