The calving glaciers of southern South America

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 59-77

  Warren, Charles ^a   Aniya, Masamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calving glaciers; Patagonia; South America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIER; ICEBERG CALVING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033406256     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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