Firn profile changes in response to extreme 21st-century melting at Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 217, 2013, Pages 981-991

  Bezeau, Peter ^a   Sharp, Martin ^a   Burgess, David ^b   Gascon, Gabrielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FIRN; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE CAP; MELTING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CANADA; DEVON ICE CAP; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84891445629     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J208     Document Type: Article

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