Remote sensing based hazard assessment of glacial lakes: A case study in Zanskar basin, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-347

  Raj, K Babu Govindha ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; AVERAGE RATE; CHANGE DETECTION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; GLACIAL LAKES; GROUND SURVEYS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIMALAYAS; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LATERAL GROWTH; PAKISTAN; PEAK DISCHARGE; REMOTE AREAS; RUGGED TERRAIN; SATELLITE DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING;

LAKES;

EID: 79958757477     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2010.532973     Document Type: Article

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