Recession of the southern part of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada, between 1961 and 1993, determined from digital mapping of Landsat TM

Abstract Changes along the margin of the southern half of the 5900 km 2 Barnes Ice Cap have been assessed using 1993 Landsat TM imagery in comparison with digitized 1:50 000 NTS maps based on 1961 photogrammetry. The average recession over the 183 km long southern perimeter was found to be at least...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Jacobs, John D., Simms, Élizabeth L., Simms, Alvin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000002859
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000002859