Glacial distribution and mass balance in the Yarlung Zangbo river and its influence on lakes

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2072-2078

  Yao, Tan Dong ^a   Li, Zhi Guo ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Guo, Xue Jun ^a   Zhu, Li Ping ^a   Kang, Shi Chang ^a   Wu, Yan Hong ^b   Yu, Wu Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

Glacial distribution; Glacial mass balance; Lake variation; Yarlung Zangbo River

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954518288     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3213-5     Document Type: Article

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