Recent area and ice volume change of Kangwure glacier in the middle of Himalayas

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2088-2096

  Ma, Ling Long ^a,b   Tian, LiDe ^a   Pu, Jian Chen ^a   Wang, Peng Ling ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Central Himalayas; Glacier retreat; Ice volume; Kangwure Glacier

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954521209     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3211-7     Document Type: Article

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