New Zealand glacier responses to climate change of the past century

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-428

  Chinn, T J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Equilibrium line altitude; Glacier fluctuation; Glacier retreat; Little Ice Age; Proglacial lake; Snowline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELA; GLACIER RETREAT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PROGLACIAL LAKE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0030424995     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514723     Document Type: Article

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