AUTHOR=Arie Kenshiro , Narama Chiyuki , Fukui Kotaro , Iida Hajime 

TITLE=Identification and persistence mechanism of very small glaciers and perennial snow patches in the northern Japanese Alps

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Earth Science

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2025.1442884

DOI=10.3389/feart.2025.1442884

ISSN=2296-6463