High-altitude glacial lake hazard assessment and mitigation: A Himalayan perspective

Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication

Volumn 15, Issue , 1998, Pages 25-34

  Reynolds, John M ^a  

^a Reynolds Geo Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80051918723     PISSN: 02679914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.ENG.1998.015.01.03     Document Type: Article

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