Recent expansions of glacial lakes in the Bhutan Himalayas

Quaternary International

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-186

  Komori, Jiro ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; EXPANSION; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SECULAR VARIATION; VALLEY GLACIER;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 44449130882     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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