Glacier balance trends in the Kongsfjorden area, western Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in relation to the climate

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-313

  Lefauconnier, Bernard ^a   Hagen, Jon Ove ^b   Ørbæk, Jon Børre ^a   Melvold, Kjetil ^b   Isaksson, Elisabeth ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LITTLE ICE AGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033505646     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00308.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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