Reconstructing the glacial history of green lakes valley, North Boulder Creek, Colorado front range

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 527-542

  Dühnforth, Miriam ^a,b   Anderson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; DEGLACIATION; FRONTIER REGION; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

COLORADO; GREEN LAKES VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84555205668     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.527     Document Type: Review

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