Current status of Andean glaciers

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Casassa, Gino ^a   Haeberli, Wilfried ^b   Jones, Gerry ^c   Kaser, Georg ^d   Ribstein, Pierre ^e   Rivera, Andrés ^a,f   Schneider, Christoph ^g  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^g RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 35148885709     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.11.013     Document Type: Editorial

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