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Climatic interpretation of alpine snowline variations on millennial time scales

Auteur :
SELTZER, G.O.

Description :
This paper reviews methods of climatic interpretation of glacier fluctuations on time scales of 103 to 104 years. Glacier dynamics are not considered; rather, the problem is approached from the perspective of pertubations in the equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) or snowline of a glacier. The typical assumptions for paleoclimatic interpretations of snowline variations on millennial time scales are discussed. A minimum number of climatic parameters that need to be estimated in order to quantify climatic variation from snowline change in different geographic regions is specified.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1994, vol. 41, n°. 2, p. 154-159, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 11 réf.

Date :
1994

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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