A review of the modern fluctuations of tropical glaciers

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 93-103

  Kaser, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate; Glaciers; Tropics

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; ICE MOVEMENT; MASS BALANCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033452758     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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