Landscape and climate change in the central Canadian Rockies during the 20th century

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-336

  Luckman, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

20th century; Canadian Rockies; Climate change; Fire; Glacier fluctuations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0032311140     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1998.tb01349.x     Document Type: Article

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