Modern glacier velocities across the Icefield Ranges, St Elias Mountains, and variability at selected glaciers from 1959 to 2012

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 228, 2015, Pages 624-634

  Waechter, Alexandra ^a   Copland, Luke ^a   Herdes, Emilie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacier surges; Ice dynamics; Ice velocity; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOLOGY; RADAR IMAGERY; RADARSAT; REMOTE SENSING;

ALASKA; CANADA; HUBBARD GLACIER; KASKAWULSH GLACIER; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84942417821     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG14J147     Document Type: Article

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