Intra-annual and intra-seasonal flow dynamics of a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2003, Pages 181-188

  Bingham, Robert G ^a   Nienow, Peter W ^a   Sharp, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 1442311734     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781815762     Document Type: Article

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