The Impact of Long-Term Glacial Erosion on the Active Chugach-St. Elias Mountains, southern Alaska

The influence of erosion on uplifting orogens has been demonstrated to be a primary force in landscape development. An understanding of fluvial erosion in mountain belts is fairly well documented, but the impact of glacial erosion is yet to be fully recognized. The uplift of the Chugach-St. Elias Mo...

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Main Author: Buscher, Jamie Todd
Other Authors: Geological Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9618
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11102003-163944