Mass balance and recession of Ürümqi glacier No. 1, Tien Shan, China, over the last 45 years

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages 214-217

  Jing, Zhefan ^a,b   Jiao, Keqin ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a,b   Wang, Ninglian ^a,b   Li, Zhongqin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIEN SHAN; URUMQI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33846104559     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781811899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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