A comparison of three methods of mass-balance determination in the Tuyuksu glacier region, Tien Shan, Central Asia

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 171, 2004, Pages 505-510

  Hagg, Wilfried J ^a   Braun, Ludwig N ^a   Uvarov, Vladimir N ^b   Makarevich, Konstantin G ^c  

^a BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b AL FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^c INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; WORLD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 24144476621     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756504781829783     Document Type: Article

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