Surge dynamics on Bering Glacier, Alaska, in 2008-2011

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1251-1262

  Burgess, E W ^a   Forster, R R ^a   Larsen, C F ^b   Braun, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER SURGE; LIDAR; PEAK ACCELERATION; PEAK FLOW; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865276778     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-1251-2012     Document Type: Article

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