First glacier inventory and recent changes in Glacier area in the Monte San Lorenzo Region (47 S), Southern Patagonian Andes, South America

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-28

  Falaschi, Daniel ^a   Bravo, Claudio ^b   Masiokas, Mariano ^a   Villalba, Ricardo ^a   Rivera, Andrés ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DATA SET; FRAGMENTATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; INVENTORY; LANDSAT; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANDES; CHILE; MONTE SAN LORENZO; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84878119865     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.1.19     Document Type: Article

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