Turf-banked terrace treads and risers, turf exfoliation and possible relationships with advancing treeline

Catena

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-274

  Butler, David R ^a   Malanson, George P ^b   Resler, Lynn M ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Glacier National Park, MT; Rasenabsch lung; Solifluction; Treeline; Turf exfoliation; Turf banked terrace

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GERMINATION; PEDOLOGICAL FEATURE; SEED BANK; SOLIFLUCTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TREELINE; TUNDRA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [BRITISH COLUMBIA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 4143049639     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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