Tributary glacier surges: An exceptional concentration at Panmah Glacier, Karakoram Himalaya

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 181, 2007, Pages 181-188

  Hewitt, Kenneth ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER SURGE; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; SNOW; TRIBUTARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARAKORAM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 37549046831     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756507782202829     Document Type: Article

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