Replacing monitored glaciers undergoing extinction: A new measurement series on la Mare Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, Italy)

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 62, Issue 236, 2016, Pages 1093-1103

  Carturan, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

glacier mass balance; vanishing glaciers

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING;

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

EID: 84995493647     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2016.107     Document Type: Article

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