Glacier change, concentration, and elevation effects in the Karakoram Himalaya, upper indus basin

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 188-200

  Hewitt, Kenneth ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AAR; Avalanche nourishment; Debris covered glaciers; ELA; Elevation effects; Glacier classification; Rockwalls

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AVALANCHE; CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEVATION; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE COVER; LITTLE ICE AGE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

HIMALAYAS; INDUS BASIN; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN;

EID: 80052959484     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00020.1     Document Type: Article

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