The glacial (MIS 3-2) outlet glacier of the Marsyandi Nadi-icestream-network with its Ngadi Khola tributary glacier (Manaslu- and Lamjung Himalaya): The reconstructed lowering of the Marsyandi Nadi ice stream tongue down in to the southern Himalaya Foreland

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 236-287

  Kuhle, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Himalaya; Ice Age; Icestream network; Last Glacial period; Manaslu; Ngadi Khola

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893106147     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2820-4     Document Type: Article

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