Variations in sediment yield over the advance and retreat of a calving glacier, Laguna San Rafael, North Patagonian Icefield

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-95

  Koppes, Michèle ^a   Sylwester, Richard ^b   Rivera, Andres ^c,d   Hallet, Bernard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic reflection profiles; Glacial erosion rates; Little Ice Age; North Patagonia; Sediment yields; Subaqueous geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

AISEN; CHILE; PATAGONIA; SAN RAFAEL LAGOON; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70749092009     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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