Recent, very rapid retreat of a temperate glacier in SE Iceland

Boreas

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 959-973

  Bradwell, Tom ^a   Sigurdsson, Oddur ^b   Everest, Jez ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Iceland Meteorological Office   (Iceland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; MORAINE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

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EID: 84884709016     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bor.12014     Document Type: Article

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