Third Pole Environment (TPE)

Environmental Development

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-64

  Yao, Tandong ^a   Thompson, Lonnie G ^b   Mosbrugger, Volker ^c   Zhang, Fan ^a   Ma, Yaoming ^a   Luo, Tianxiang ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a   Yang, Xiaoxin ^a   Joswiak, Daniel R ^a   Wang, Weicai ^a   Joswiak, Meri E ^a   Devkota, Lochan P ^d   Tayal, Shresth ^e   Jilani, Rahmatullah ^f   Fayziev, Radjabovich ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e The Energy and Resources Institute   (India)

^f Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission   (Pakistan)

^g Institute of Geology   (Tajikistan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Biosphere; Cryosphere; Human adaptation; Hydrosphere; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863981318     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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