Climate change impacts on mountain glaciers and permafrost

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages

  Kaab A ^a   Chiarle, M ^b   Raup, B ^c   Schneider, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate change; mountain glacier; natural hazards; permafrost

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847192854     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.008     Document Type: Editorial

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