Canada and the world glacier inventory

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 5-10

  Simon, C ^a   Ommanney, L ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; INVENTORY; STATE ROLE;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

EID: 77249090756     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595769     Document Type: Review

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