Mass balance of 'Glaciar Bahía del Diablo', Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 209-213

  Skvarca, Pedro ^a   De Angelis, Hernán ^a   Ermolin, Evgeniy ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844549227     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814672     Document Type: Article

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