Recent glacier changes and climate trends on South Georgia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 72-84

  Gordon, John E ^a,b   Haynes, Valerie M ^c   Hubbard, Alun ^d  

^a SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; glaciers; South Georgia; subantarctic

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMETRY; GIS; GLACIER ADVANCE; MAP; MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SURVEY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 36549045040     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.037     Document Type: Article

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