Glacier recession and water resources in Peru's Cordillera Blanca

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 207, 2012, Pages 134-150

  Baraer, Michel ^a   Mark, Bryan G ^b   Mckenzie, Jeffrey M ^a   Condom, Thomas ^c   Bury, Jeffrey ^d   Huh, Kyung In ^b   Portocarrero, Cesar ^e   Gómez, Jesús ^e   Rathay, Sarah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Division of Glaciers and Water Resources   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ANCASH; CORDILLERA BLANCA; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 84860333855     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J186     Document Type: Article

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