Comparison of late Pleistocene and modern glacier extents in central Nepal based on digital elevation data and satellite imagery

Quaternary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-254

  Duncan, Christopher C ^a   Klein, Andrew J ^a,b   Masek, Jeffrey G ^a,c   Isacks, Bryan L ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEM; ELA; GLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE; REMOTE SENSING; VALLEY FORM;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032071224     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.1958     Document Type: Article

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