A new approach to calculating Holocene winter precipitation by combining glacier equilibrium-line altitudes and pine-tree limits: A case study from Hardangerjøkulen, central southern Norway

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-398

  Dahl, Svein Olaf ^a   Nesje, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

ELA; Equilibrium line altitude; Glacier fluctuations; Hardangerj kulen; Holocene; Norway; Pine tree limits; Scandinavia; Summer temperature; Tree lines; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELA; GLACIER FLUCTUATION; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; TREE LIMIT; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

NORWAY, HARDANGERJOKULEN;

EID: 0030303151     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600401     Document Type: Article

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