Changes in the lower limit of mountain permafrost between 1973 and 2004 in the Khumbu Himal, the Nepal Himalayas

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-256

  Fukui, Kotaro ^a   Fujii, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ageta, Yutaka ^b   Asahi, Katsuhiko ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

global warming; ground temperature; permafrost; the Khumbu Himal; the Nepal Himalayas

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PERMAFROST; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846230597     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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