Taku Glacier, southeast Alaska, U.S.A.: Late Holocene history of a tidewater glacier

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-51

  Motyka, Roman J ^a,b   Begét, James E ^c  

^a Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

USA, ALASKA, TAKU GLACIER;

EID: 0030473359     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552084     Document Type: Review

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