Glacier shrinkage and negative mass balance in the Chilean Lake District (40°S)

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 963-974

  Rivera, Andrés ^a,b   Bown, Francisca ^a   Casassa, Gino ^a   Acuña, César ^a   Clavero, Jorge ^c  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chilean lake district; Climatic changes; Glacier variations; Ice capped active volcanoes; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VOLCANOES;

CHILE; GLACIER VARIATIONS; ICE-CAPPED ACTIVE VOLCANOES; MASS BALANCE;

GLACIERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE CAP;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 28544446137     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.2005.50.6.963     Document Type: Article

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