Did rock avalanche deposits modulate the late Holocene advance of Tiedemann Glacier, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 384, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-164

  Menounos, Brian ^a   Clague, John J ^b   Clarke, Garry K C ^c   Marcott, Shaun A ^d   Osborn, Gerald ^e   Clark, Peter U ^d   Tennant, Christina ^a   Novak, Anthony M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Debris covered glacier; Holocene glacier fluctuations; Numerical modeling; Rock avalanche; Surface exposure dating

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CLIMATE FORCINGS; COAST MOUNTAINS; DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIER; GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS; RADIOCARBON AGE; ROCK AVALANCHE; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING;

DEBRIS; ICE; NUMERICAL MODELS;

ROCKS;

ABLATION; CLIMATE FORCING; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK AVALANCHE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84887009997     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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