Modeling topographic and climatic control of east-west asymmetry in Sierra Nevada glacier length during the Last Glacial Maximum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kessler, Mark A ^a   Anderson, Robert S ^a   Stock, Greg M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE EFFECT; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047202522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000365     Document Type: Article

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