The flow of fireweed rock glacier, Alaska, U.S.A

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 168, 2004, Pages 76-86

  Bucki, Adam K ^a   Echelmeyer, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICEBERG CALVING; ROCK GLACIER;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244258162     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756504781830213     Document Type: Article

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