GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY
and QUATERNARY SCIENCE
Research Interests of Allan James

 Paleoglacial mapping and interpretation; valley evolution; glacial and glaciofluvial erosion and deposition.
Most of the glacial mapping has been in the northern Sierra Nevada, California.

 Related Publications and Presentations 

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Mapping of striae, erratics, and glacial limits of Late Quaternary ice advances; Identification of lateral moraines, outwash terraces, and ELAs; and Cosmogenic and relative dating of the advances.  Functional analysis of glacial valley cross-section morphology.
      Photos and maps by A.James. Click on them for enlarged views and text.  More below.

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Last Modified:  3/12/2007 -  Allan James     (AJames@sc.edu)


Map of NW Sierra Nevada   (click it for enlarged version)
Shaded relief map of northwestern Sierra generated from 30-meter digital elevation models using Arc View GIS software.