Frontal recession of Gangotri Glacier, Garhwal Himalayas, from 1965 to 2006, measured through highresolution remote sensing data

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 489-494

  Bhambri, Rakesh ^a   Bolch, Tobias ^b   Chaujar, Ravinder Kumar ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gangotri glacier; Remote sensing; Retreat; Satellite data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860856678     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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