Recent glacial retreat in High Asia in China and its impact on water resource in Northwest China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1065-1075

  Yao, Tandong ^a,b   Wang, Youqing ^b   Liu, Shiying ^a,b   Pu, Jianchen ^a,b   Shen, Yongping ^b   Lu, Anxin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Glacial fluctuation; High Asia; Impact on water resource

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

CLIMATE WARMING; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; GLACIAL RETREAT; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

GLACIERS;

GLACIER RETREAT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ARIDA;

EID: 22544436994     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0256     Document Type: Article

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