Hydrodynamics of a supraglacial lake and its effect on the basin expansion: Tsho Rolpa, Rolwaling valley, Nepal Himalaya

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-70

  Chikita, Kazuhisa ^a   Jha, Jageshwar ^b   Yamada, Tomomi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b His Majesty's Government of Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL LAKE; HYDRODYNAMICS; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

NEPAL; TSHO ROLPA LAKE;

EID: 0033053745     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552623     Document Type: Article

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