Holocene history revealed by post-surge retreat: Bering Glacier forelands, Alaska

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 462, Issue , 2010, Pages 235-250

  Crossen, Kristine J ^a   Lowell, Thomas V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; PEAT;

CURRENT LEVELS; GLACIAL MAXIMA; GULF OF ALASKA; LITTLE ICE AGE; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; SEDIMENT RECORDS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; STABLE SURFACES;

ICE;

GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITTLE ICE AGE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650857716     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2462(12)     Document Type: Article

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