A small glacier as an index of regional mass balance: Baby Glacier, Axel Heiberg Island, 1959-1992

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-50

  Adams, W P ^a   Cogley, J G ^a   Ecclestone, M A ^a   Demuth, M N ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; MASS BALANCE;

AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND; BABY GLACIER; CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0031693251     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00025     Document Type: Article

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