A method to reconstruct past accumulation rates in alpine firn regions: A study on Fiescherhorn, Swiss Alps

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Schwerzmann, Aurel ^a   Funk, Martin ^a   Blatter, Heinz ^b   Lüthi, Martin ^a   Schwikowski, Margit ^c   Palmer, Anne ^c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOREHOLE; CORRECTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FIRN; GLACIER; ICE THICKNESS; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ALPS; BERNESE ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIESCHERHORN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33646467134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000283     Document Type: Article

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