Twentieth-century changes in the thickness and extent of Arapaho Glacier, Front Range, Colorado

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-209

  Haugen, Benjamin D ^a   Scambos, Ted A ^a   Pfeffer, W Tad ^a,b   Anderson, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AVALANCHE; GLACIER; GPS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARAPAHOE COUNTY; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952703387     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.2.198     Document Type: Article

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