Topographic control of asynchronous glacial advances: A case study from Annapurna, Nepal

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Pratt Sitaula, Beth ^a   Burbank, Douglas W ^b   Heimsath, Arjun M ^c   Humphrey, Neil F ^d   Oskin, Michael ^e   Putkonen, Jaakko ^f  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; CATCHMENTS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODELS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COSMOGENIC; GLACIAL ADVANCES; HOLOCENES; MASS BALANCE; MORAINE BOULDERS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROL; VALLEY TOPOGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

ALTITUDE; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; HYPSOMETRY; MORAINE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANNAPURNA; GANDAKI; NEPAL;

EID: 84855414748     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049940     Document Type: Article

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