Landscape evolution degrades the geologic signature of past glaciations

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 208-217

  Putkonen, Jaakko ^a   Connolly, Jon ^a   Orloff, Travis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boulder frequency; Degradation model; Erosion; Moraine evolution; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BOULDER; DIAMICTON; EXHUMATION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORAINE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 41649101434     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.043     Document Type: Article

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