Twenty-first century calving retreat of Tasman glacier, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Dykes, R ^a   Brook, M ^a   Robertson, C ^a   Fuller, I ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; ICEBERG; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN GLACIER;

EID: 79952969331     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.1.1     Document Type: Article

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