Fluctuations of glaciar esperanza norte in the north Patagonian andes of Argentina during the past 400 yr

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1079-1090

  Ruiz, L ^a   Masiokas, M H ^a   Villalba, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; ESPERANZA NORTE GLACIER; PATAGONIA;

ESPERANZA;

EID: 84863425349     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1079-2012     Document Type: Article

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