20th-Century glacier fluctuations in the tropical Cordillera Blanca, Perú

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-107

  Georges, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CORDILLERA BLANCA; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543035296     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2004)036[0100:TGFITT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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