Tree-ring-dated 'Little Ice Age' histories of maritime glaciers from western Prince William Sound, Alaska

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-173

  Wiles, Gregory C ^a   Barclay, David J ^b   Calkin, Parker E ^b  

^a Departments of Pan African Studies and Political Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Alaska; Dendrochronology; Glacier fluctuations; Glacier foreland; Late Holocene; Moraine chronology; Prince William Sound

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE MARGIN; LITTLE ICE AGE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032961458     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399671927145     Document Type: Article

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