Rapid tidewater glacier retreat: A comparison between Columbia Glacier, Alaska and Patagonian calving glaciers

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Venteris, Erik R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fjord; Glacial lake; Glaciers; Ice movement; Icebergs; Tidewater glaciers

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLACIER; ICEBERG CALVING; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

CHILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033404654     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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