Topographic control of equilibrium-line altitude depression on reconstructed 'Little Ice Age' glaciers, Grovabreen, western Norway

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-89

  Aa, Asbjørn Rune ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; AAR; Accumulation area ratio; Climatic reconstruction; ELA; Equilibrium line altitude; Glacier variations; Grovabreen; Moraines; Norway; Topography

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION AREA RATIO; EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDE; GLACIER VARIATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; TOPOGRAPHY;

NORWAY, GROVABREEN;

EID: 0029769094     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600110     Document Type: Article

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