Assessing climatic and nonclimatic forcing of Pinedale glaciation and deglaciation in the western United States

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-174

  Young, Nicolás E ^a   Briner, Jason P ^a   Leonard, Eric M ^b   Licciardi, Joseph M ^c   Lee, Keenan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Department of Chemistry   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONY; CLIMATE FORCINGS; DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RIVER BASINS; SURFACE EXPOSURE AGE; TERMINAL MORAINES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

GLACIERS; LANDFORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE FORCING; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARKANSAS BASIN; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78851470002     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31527.1     Document Type: Article

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