Controls on glacier surging in Svalbard

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 140, 1996, Pages 157-168

  Hamilton, Gordon S ^a   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; DISTRIBUTION; GLACIER LENGTH; GLACIER SURGING; PROBABILITY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SVALBARD;

EID: 0029731714     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000030616     Document Type: Article

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