Changes in Clemenceau Icefield and Chaba Group glaciers, Canada, related to hypsometry, tributary detachment, length-slope and area-aspect relations

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Jiskoot, Hester ^a   Curran, Colleen J ^a   Tessler, Dez L ^a   Shenton, Leslee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER RETREAT; HYPSOMETRY; ICE FIELD; LANDSAT; MASS BALANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOWLINE;

CANADA;

EID: 77249091751     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595796     Document Type: Article

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