Expanded and recently increased glacier surging in the karakoram

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-516

  Copland, Luke ^a   Sylvestre, Tyler ^a   Bishop, Michael ^b   Shroder, John ^b   Seong, Yeong ^c   Owen, Lewis ^d   Bush, Andrew ^e   Kamp, Ulrich ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CREVASSE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER SURGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORAINE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRANDLINE;

KARAKORAM;

EID: 84555208206     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.503     Document Type: Review

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