Climatic controls of western U.S. glaciers at the last glacial maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 505-511

  Hostetler, Steven W ^a   Clark, Peter U ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLIMATE CONTROL; ELA; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE;

USA, (WEST);

EID: 0030798961     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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