Sustained rapid shrinkage of Yukon glaciers since the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Barrand, N E ^a   Sharp, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ICE VOLUMES; INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEARS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; PATAGONIA; SCALING ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL MASS; WATER EQUIVALENT; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

GLACIERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SURFACE AREA; VOLUME CHANGE;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 77950464524     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL042030     Document Type: Article

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