Glacier variations and climate warming and drying in the central Himalayas

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Ren, Jiawen ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Hou, Shugui ^a   Pu, Jianchen ^a   Jing, Zhefan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Glacier retreat; Himalayas; Ice core record

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944284067     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0148     Document Type: Article

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