Climatic warming, glacier recession and runoff from Alpine basins after the Little Ice Age maximum

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2008, Pages 119-124

  Collins, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIER RETREAT; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERSTADIAL; LITTLE ICE AGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF;

AARE RIVER; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE RIVER; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 45249103541     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756408784700761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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