Influence of local VS. regional settings on glaciation patterns in the French Alps

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-52

  Cossart, Étienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Equilibrium line altitude; Geographically weighted regression; Glaciers; Local settings; The French Alps

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; GLACIER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84884250321     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4461/GFDQ.2013.36.3     Document Type: Article

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