Spatial climatic variation and its control on glacier equilibrium line altitude in Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Fountain, Andrew G ^a   Lewis, Karen J ^b   Doran, Peter T ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate; Glaciers; Ice; Mass balance; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EQUILIBRIUM; GLACIER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033404908     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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