The interplay between air temperature and ice mass balance changes in Scǎrişoara ice cave, Romania;Povezava med temperaturo zraka in dinamiko ledu v ledeni jami Scǎrişoara, Romunija

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-456

  Perşoiu, Aurel ^a,b   Onac, Bogdan P ^b,c,d   Perşoiu, Ioana ^a  

^a STEFAN CEL MARE UNIVERSITY OF SUCEAVA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Cave climate; Ice dynamics; Romania; Sc ri oara ice cave

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; CAVE SYSTEM; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HEAT SOURCE; MELTING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPELEOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIHOR; ROMANIA; SCARISOARA ICE CAVE;

EID: 84856954696     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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