Mass-balance measurements in Alaska and suggestions for simplified observation programs

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 777-789

  Trabant, Dennis C ^a   March, Rod S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; METHODOLOGY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033503348     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1999.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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