Glacier fluctuation and inferred climatology of Langjökull ice cap through the Little Ice Age

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 19-21, 2007, Pages 2337-2353

  Flowers, Gwenn E ^a   Björnsson, Helgi ^b   Geirsdóttir, Áslaug ^b   Miller, Gifford H ^c   Clarke, Garry K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Institute of Earth Sciences   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

HOLOCENE SIMULATION; ICE CAPS; MELTWATER; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; MODELING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 36248934191     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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