A new Antarctic Peninsula glacier basin inventory and observed area changes since the 1940s

Antarctic Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 614-624

  Cook, A J ^a   Vaughan, D G ^b   Luckman, A J ^a   Murray, T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

frontal change; glacier basin outlines; glacier characteristics

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; INVENTORY; MASS BALANCE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84904625105     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102014000200     Document Type: Article

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