Late Quaternary glaciation and equilibrium line altitude variations of the McKinley River region, central Alaska Range

Boreas

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-246

  Dortch, Jason M ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^a   Caffee, Marc W ^b   Brease, Phil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION LIMIT; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; MASS BALANCE; MORAINE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953892305     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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