Mass transport by active rockglaciers in the Khumbu Himalaya

Geomorphology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Barsch, Dietrich ^a   Jakob, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active rockglaciers; Debris covered glaciers; Mass transport

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSPORT; ROCK GLACIER;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032317420     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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