Glacier inventory of the upper Huasco valley, Norte Chico, Chile: Glacier characteristics, glacier change and comparison with central Chile

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 111-118

  Nicholson, Lindsey ^a   Marín, Jorge ^a   Lopez, David ^a   Rabatel, Antoine ^a   Bown, Francisca ^b   Rivera, Andrés ^b,c  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIATION; HYPSOMETRY; ROCK GLACIER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHILE; NORTE CHICO;

EID: 77249087155     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595787     Document Type: Article

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