Postglacial adjustment of steep, low-order drainage basins, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2568-2584

  Hoffmann, T ^a   Muller T ^a   Johnson, E A ^a,b   Martin, Y E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

erosion; mountain; paraglacial; Postglacial; sediment delivery ratio; sediment flux

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; HEADWATER; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84892966211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002846     Document Type: Article

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