Late holocene glacial history of the copper river delta, coastal south-central alaska, and controls on valley glacier fluctuations

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-89

  Barclay, David J ^a   Yager, Elowyn M ^b   Graves, Jason ^a   Kloczko, Michael ^a   Calkin, Parker E ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; First Millennium A.D.; Holocene; Little Ice Age; Medieval Warm Period; Solar irradiance; Tree rings; Valley glacier

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D; HOLOCENES; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; TREE RINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; ICE CONTROL; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE FORCING; DELTA; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; SOLAR RADIATION; TREE RING; VALLEY GLACIER;

AEROSOLS; GEOLOGY; ICE; SUN LIGHT;

ALASKA; COPPER DELTA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886284233     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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