The 'benchmark glacier' concept - Does it work? Lessons from the North Cascade Range, USA

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Fountain, Andrew G ^a   Hoffman, Matthew J ^a   Granshaw, Frank ^b   Riedel, Jon ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Artemis Science   (United States)

^c North Cascades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; GLACIER; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VALLEY GLACIER;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549090043     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409787769690     Document Type: Article

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