Climatogenic north-south asymmetry of local glaciers in Spitsbergen and other parts of the Arctic

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 55, 2010, Pages 16-22

  Evans, Ian S ^a   Cox, Nicholas J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ASYMMETRY; GLACIATION; GLACIER; WIND;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79960730540     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791392682     Document Type: Article

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