On glacier retreat and drought cycles in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Canada

Quaternary International

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Berger, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GLACIER RETREAT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CANADA; MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649233229     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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