Cold firn in the Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa areas, European Alps: Spatial distribution and statistical models

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2002, Pages 9-18

  Suter, Stephan ^a   Hoelzle, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FIRN; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ALPS; EUROPE; MONT BLANC; MONTE ROSA;

EID: 0036968379     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756402781817059     Document Type: Article

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