Accelerating retreat and high-elevation thinning of glaciers in central Spitsbergen
Svalbard is a heavily glacier-covered archipelago in the Arctic. Dickson Land (DL), in the central part of the largest island, Spitsbergen, is relatively arid and, as a result, glaciers there are relatively small and restricted mostly to valleys and cirques. This study presents a comprehensive analy...
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Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-06-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1317/2016/tc-10-1317-2016.pdf |