Small valley glaciers and the effectiveness of the glacial buzzsaw in the northern Basin and Range, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 624-639

  Foster, David ^a   Brocklehurst, Simon H ^a   Gawthorpe, Rob L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial buzzsaw; Glacial erosion; Landscape evolution; Topography

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; GLACIAL EROSION; HYPSOMETRY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHOLOGY; NORMAL FAULT; PLEISTOCENE; SLIP RATE; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY GLACIER;

BEAVERHEAD COUNTY; BITTERROOT RANGE; GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK; IDAHO; LEMHI COUNTY; LOST RIVER RANGE; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 55049112067     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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