Distribution of borehole temperature at four high-altitude alpine glaciers in Central Asia

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Liu, Yaping ^a,b   Hou, Shugui ^a   Wang, Yetang ^a   Song, Linlin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Borehole temperature; Central Asia; Climate warming; Glacier

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549091067     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-009-0254-9     Document Type: Article

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