Numerical modeling of valley glacier stagnation as a paleoclimatic indicator

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 403-409

  Vacco, David A ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a   Pollard, David ^a   Reusch, David B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate proxy; Glacial geology; Glaciers; Glaciology; Modeling; Stagnation; Valley glacier

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIOLOGY; ICE RETREAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STAGNATION FLOW; VALLEY GLACIER; WARMING;

EID: 76849107519     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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