Annual mass balance of Blue Glacier, USA: 1955-97

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-520

  Conway, H ^a   Rasmussen, L A ^a   Marshall, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE;

BLUE GLACIER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0033502698     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1999.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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