Reconstruction of the recent changes of a debris-covered glacier (Brenva Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Italy) using indirect sources: Methods, results and validation

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-68

  D'Agata, Carlo ^a   Zanutta, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

accuracy; debris covered glacier; digital elevation model; Mont Blanc Massif; recent glacier changes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER DYNAMICS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION;

ALPS; BRENVA GLACIER; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-SAVOIE; ITALY; MONT BLANC; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOY ALPS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALLE D'AOSTA; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847235393     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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