Study on the change of Keqikaer Glacier during the last 30 years, Mt. Tuomuer, Western China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1165-1170

  Changwei, Xie ^a   Yongjian, Ding ^a   Caiping, Chen ^a   Tianding, Han ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; Ice tongue; Keqikaer Glacier; Map comparison; Radio echo sounding

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; AUDIO ACOUSTICS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; PHOTOMAPPING; SATELLITE LINKS;

ICE TONGUE; MAP COMPARISON; RADIO ECHO SOUNDING; TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS;

GLACIERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ECHO SOUNDER; ECHO SOUNDING; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE THICKNESS; SATELLITE DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KEQIKAER GLACIER; MOUNT TUOMUER; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33846604548     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0407-x     Document Type: Article

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