Late-20th-century changes in glacier extent in the Caucasus Mountains, Russia/Georgia

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 176, 2006, Pages 99-109

  Stokes, Chris R ^a   Gurney, Stephen D ^a   Shahgedanova, Maria ^a   Popovnin, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LITTLE ICE AGE; MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CAUCASUS; EURASIA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744771033     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756506781828827     Document Type: Article

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