The climate memory of an Arctic polythermal glacier

Knowledge of glacier equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) changes and trends in time is essential for future predictions of glacier volumes. We present a novel method for determining trends in ELA change at McCall Glacier, Alaska, USA, over the last 50 years, based on mapping of the cold temperate transi...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Delcourt, C., van Liefferinge, B., Nolan, M., Pattyn, F.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Ela
Online Access:http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=238340