Ice thickness and topographic relief in glaciated landscapes of the western USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 35-51

  Brocklehurst, Simon H ^a   Whipple, Kelin X ^b   Foster, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial geomorphology; Landscape evolution; Relief

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE THICKNESS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

BITTERROOT RANGE; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TETON RANGE; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

JATROPHA CARDIOPHYLLA;

EID: 41649109226     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.037     Document Type: Article

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