Satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world : south America / edited by Richard S. Williams and Jane G. Ferrigno. - Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1998. - vii, iii, I206 p. : ill., maps, tables ; 29 cm. - 1386 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. I10, I28-I30, I50, I77-I79, I107-I108, I146-I147, I203-I206).

Landsat images, together with aerial photographs and maps where available, have been used to produce glacier inventories, define glacier locations, support on-going field studies of glacier dynamics, and monitor the extensive glacier recession that has taken place and is continuing in many parts of South America.


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