On the Net Mass Balance of the Glaciers and Ice Caps in Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 264-270

  Hagen, Jon Ove ^a   Melvold, Kjetil ^a   Pinglot, Francis ^b   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICEBERG CALVING;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0141591495     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0264:OTNMBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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