Onset of calving at supraglacial lakes on debris-covered glaciers of the Nepal Himalaya

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 193, 2009, Pages 909-917

  Sakai, A ^a   Nishimura, K ^a   Kadota, T ^b   Takeuchi, N ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; FETCH; FIELD SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SNOWMELT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NEPAL;

EID: 75449111834     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309790152555     Document Type: Article

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