Spatial variability in the water content and rheology of temperate glaciers: Glacier de Tsanfleuron, Switzerland

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Hubbard, Bryan P ^a   Hubbard, Alun ^b   Mader, Heidy M ^c   Tison, Jean Louis ^d   Grust, Karin ^e   Nienow, Peter W ^e  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT;

ALPS; BERNESE ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GLACIER DE TSANFLEURON; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 1442336215     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781815474     Document Type: Article

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