Quantifying periglacial erosion in the Nepal high Himalaya

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 5-23

  Heimsath, Arjun M ^b   McGlynn, Robert ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be; Cosmogenic nuclides; Headwall retreat; Marsyandi River; Supraglacial debris

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER RETREAT; MORAINE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANDAKI; HIMALAYAS; MARSYANDI RIVER; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41849118041     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.046     Document Type: Article

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