Rapid thinning of lake-calving Yakutat Glacier and the collapse of the Yakutat Icefield, southeast Alaska, USA

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 213, 2013, Pages 149-161

  Trüssel, Barbara L ^a   Motyka, Roman J ^a   Truffer, Martin ^a   Larsen, Christopher F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE RETREAT; ICEBERG CALVING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YAKUTAT;

EID: 84878373721     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013J0G12J081     Document Type: Article

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