Relative effect of slope and equilibrium line altitude on the retreat of Himalayan glaciers

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-311

  Venkatesh, T N ^a,b   Kulkarni, A V ^b   Srinivasan, J ^b  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE FLOW; SATELLITE DATA;

GANGOTRI GLACIER; HIMACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; PARBATI BASIN; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84866619934     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-301-2012     Document Type: Article

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