A geochronological approach to understanding the role of solar activity on Holocene glacier length variability in the Swiss Alps

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-294

  Hormes, Anne ^a   Beer, Jürg ^b   Schlüchter, Christian ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacier mass balance; Radiocarbon dating; Solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845236393     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2006.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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