An improved technique for the reconstruction of former glacier mass-balance and dynamics

Geomorphology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 76-90

  Carr, Simon ^a   Coleman, Christopher ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation gradient; Glacier dynamics; Glacier reconstruction; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BASAL ICE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MASS TRANSFER; RECONSTRUCTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34948821748     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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