The hydrochemistry of runoff from a 'cold-based' glacier in the High Artic (Scott Turnerbreen, Svalbard)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-103

  Hodgkins, R ^a   Tranter, M ^b   Dowdeswell, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High arctic; Hydrochemistry; Ice marginal channels; Meltwater routing; Proglacial icing

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ICE MARGIN; IONIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER ROUTING; RUNOFF;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN, SCOTT TURNERBREEN GLACIER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; ICE; IONS; LEACHING; SEEPAGE; SNOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WEATHERING;

HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION CHEMISTRY; MELTWATER; SULFATES;

RUNOFF;

EID: 0031597123     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199801)12:1<87::AID-HYP565>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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