Can glacial erosion limit the extent of glaciation?

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-179

  Kaplan, Michael R ^a,b   Hein, Andrew S ^b   Hubbard, Alun ^c   Lax, Simon M ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andes; Erosion; Glacial geomorphology; Glaciation; South America; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56049085165     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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