Estimates of Little Ice Age Climate Inferred through Historical Rephotography, Northern Uinta Mountains, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-498

  Munroe, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PHOTOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242345148     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0489:EOLIAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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