Timescale dependence of glacial erosion rates: A case study of Marinelli Glacier, Cordillera Darwin, southern Patagonia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Fernandez, Rodrigo A ^a   Anderson, John B ^a   Wellner, Julia S ^b   Hallet, Bernard ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; DEGLACIATION; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; FJORD; GLACIAL EROSION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TIMESCALE;

CHILE; CORDILLERA DARWIN; ISLA GRANDE DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO; MAGALLANES; MARINELLI GLACIER; PATAGONIA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 79952748639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001685     Document Type: Article

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