Rates, processes and morphology of freshwater calving at Miage Glacier (Italian Alps)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2233-2244

  Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^a   Citterio, M ^a   Carnielli, T ^a   D'Agata, C ^a   Kirkbride, M ^b   Smiraglia, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation rate; Debris covered glacier; DEM; Freshwater calving; Ice cliff; Italian Alps; Miage Lake; Runoff

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GLACIERS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

ABLATION RATE; DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIER; FRESHWATER CALVING; ICE CLIFF; SURFACE ABLATION;

RUNOFF;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GLACIERS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

ABLATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; ICEBERG CALVING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-SAVOIE; ITALY; MONT BLANC; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOY ALPS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745806191     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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