Punctuated drainage of an ice-dammed Quaternary lake in southern South America

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 90 A, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Bell, C Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; Ice dammed glacial lake; Punctuated lake drainage; Quaternary; Southern Andes

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DRAINAGE; FREEZING; GLACIER; ICE FIELD; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; MELTING; QUATERNARY; RIVER FLOW;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 40549114324     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2008.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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