Quiescent-phase changes in velocity and geometry of Finsterwalderbreen, a surge-type glacier in Svalbard

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 24, Issue , 1997, Pages 249-254

  Nuttall, Anne Marie ^a   Hagen, Jon Ove ^b   Dowdeswell, Julian ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER SURGE; POLYTHERMAL GLACIER;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN, FINSTERWALDERBREEN;

EID: 0031462990     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0260305500012258     Document Type: Article

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