Accelerating shrinkage of Patagonian glaciers from the Little Ice Age (∼AD 1870) to 2011

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 212, 2012, Pages 1063-1084

  Davies, B J ^a   Glasser, N F ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CAP; ICE FIELD; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; SHRINKAGE;

CHILE; CORDILLERA DARWIN; MAGALLANES; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84874847994     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG12J026     Document Type: Article

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