Glacial erosion and mountain building

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 591-592

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL EROSION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN;

EID: 50349101157     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus072008.1     Document Type: Article

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