Rock glaciers and the lower limit of mountain permafrost in the Bhutan Himalayas

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 130, Issue , 2003, Pages 129-143

  Iwata, Shuji ^a   Naito, Nozomu ^a,b   Narama, Chiyuki ^a   Karma, ^a  

^a Department of Geography ^*  (Bhutan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 12944263166     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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