A 5200-year record of freshwater availability for regions in western North America fed by high-elevation runoff

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wolfe, Brent B ^a   Edwards, Thomas W D ^b   Hall, Roland I ^b   Johnston, John W ^a,c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; LAKES;

ATHABASCA; CANADIAN SOCIETY; RIVER DISCHARGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SCARCITY; WATER-LEVEL VARIATIONS;

RUNOFF;

HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SHRINKAGE; SNOWPACK; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VALLEY GLACIER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER LEVEL;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79958861712     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047599     Document Type: Article

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