A century of glacier change in the Wind River Range, WY

Geomorphology

Volumn 232, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-116

  DeVisser, Mark H ^a   Fountain, Andrew G ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glaciers; Perennial snow and ice; Wind River Range, WY

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; LITTLE ICE AGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SNOW COVER;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WIND RIVER RANGE; WYOMING;

EID: 84921452190     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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