Recent glacier variations at the Aconcagua basin, central Chilean Andes

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2008, Pages 43-48

  Bown, Francisca ^a   Rivera, Andrés ^a,b   Acuña, César ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ASTER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER RETREAT; LANDSAT; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOWPACK; TREND ANALYSIS;

ACONCAGUA; ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45249120822     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756408784700572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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