Decay of a long-term monitored glacier: Careser Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, European Alps)

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1819-1838

  Carturan, L ^a   Baroni, C ^b   Becker, M ^c   Bellin, A ^d   Cainelli, O ^d   Carton, A ^a   Casarotto, C ^e   Dalla Fontana, G ^a   Godio, A ^f   Martinelli, T ^d   Salvatore, M C ^b   Seppi, R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e Museo Delle Scienze   (Italy)

^f POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC NETWORK; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

ALPS; BOLZANO; CARESER GLACIER; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 84890471097     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1819-2013     Document Type: Article

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