Late Holocene development of a Norwegian alpine alluvial fan affected by proximal glacier variations, episodic distal undercutting, and colluvial activity

Geomorphology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 198-215

  McEwen, Lindsey J ^a   Owen, Geraint ^b   Matthews, John A ^b   Hiemstra, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine alluvial fan; Base level change; Box sided gully development; Glacial and glaciofluvial activity; Glacier fed alluvial fan, distal undercutting; Holocene landscape evolution; Process interaction; Snow avalanches

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GULLY EROSION; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SNOW AVALANCHE;

JOSTEDALSBREEN; NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 79951772962     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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