Accelerating thinning of Kenai Peninsula glaciers, Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  VanLooy, J ^a   Forster, R ^a   Ford, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEMS); MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL RISE; THINNING RATES;

GLACIERS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOEUSTACY; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSGRESSION;

ALASKA; HARDING ICEFIELD; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248520628     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028060     Document Type: Article

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