Surges of the Bering Glacier

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 462, Issue , 2010, Pages 291-316

  Molnia, Bruce F ^a   Post, Austin ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS;

ABLATION AREA; CHANGING CLIMATE; ICE VELOCITY; LITTLE ICE AGE; SHORT TERM; SURGE CYCLES; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPLACEMENT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER SURGE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PERIODICITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650857338     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2462(15)     Document Type: Article

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