The Mass Balance of Circum-Arctic Glaciers and Recent Climate Change

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Dowdeswell, Julian A ^a   Hagen, Jon Ove ^b   Björnsson, Helgi ^c   Glazovsky, Andrey F ^d   Harrison, William D ^e   Holmlund, Per ^f   Jania, Jacek ^g   Koerner, Roy M ^h   Lefauconnier, Bernard ⁱ   Ommanney, C Simon L ^j   Thomas, Robert H ^k  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^h GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^j International Glaciological Society   (United Kingdom)

^k NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; MASS BALANCE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0031419806     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1900     Document Type: Article

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