Lake Thulagi/Nepal: Rapid landscape evolution in reaction to climatic change

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 130, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-9

  Delisle, G ^a   Reynolds, J M ^b   Hanisch, J ^a   Pokhrel, A P ^c   Pant, S ^d  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b Reynolds Geo Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Technology and Environment   (Nepal)

^d SILT Consultants (P) Ltd   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; ICE RIDGE; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; OUTBURST;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANDAKI; LAKE THULAGI; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; THULAGI GLACIER;

EID: 33746778778     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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