Alpine glacial topography and the rate of rock column uplift: A global perspective

Geomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 129-139

  Pedersen, V K ^a   Egholm, D L ^a   Nielsen, S B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glacial buzzsaw; Glacial geomorphology; Glacial relief; Rock uplift

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; RELIEF; SNOWLINE; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPLIFT;

EID: 77955267393     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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